The government has identified 58 locations, including Dhaka’s Korail slum, to construct approximately 1 lakh affordable flats, Housing and Public Works Minister Zakaria Taher has said.
“This initiative, integrated into the 2022-2035 Detailed Area Plan [DAP], aims to provide sustainable and low-cost housing through both public and private partnerships across major cities in Bangladesh,” the minister said in parliament today (23 April) in response to a question from Bogura-4 MP Mosharraf Hossain.
The minister stated that the government is implementing an integrated plan to ensure affordable and sustainable housing for low-income individuals, through which housing facilities will be expanded in various cities and towns across the country.
Additionally, an initiative has been taken to launch a residential flat construction project for limited-income people in phases on 98 acres of land owned by the National Housing Authority in Duttapara, Tongi, Gazipur.
The minister further mentioned that an initiative is underway to undertake a project with the help of development partner organisations to improve the quality of life for low-income people living in 37 slums across various city corporations and municipalities – such as Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Barishal, Khulna, Kushtia, Mymensingh, and Narayanganj.
As part of local development planning, the Rajshahi Development Authority has taken an initiative to construct 16 flats on Plot 578 in the Padma Residential Area of Rajshahi.
Similarly, the Khulna Development Authority has planned to implement a residential flat construction project for low-income people on approximately eight acres of land in the Harintana Mouza of Khulna city.
In Chattogram, a proposal is under consideration to undertake a self-financed or PPP-based project to provide monthly rental-based residential facilities for low-income people on approximately 83 kathas of recovered land in the Saltgola area under the Chattogram Development Authority (CDA).
The minister said once these initiatives are implemented, the housing crisis for low-income people in the country’s urban and city areas will significantly decrease, and their quality of life will improve.
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