PM opens world's biggest housing scheme for homeless today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the distribution of homes to 66,189 landless-homeless families under Ashrayan-2 Project, rated world's biggest scheme ever for providing shelter to the shelterless. 'Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the distribution ceremony virtually at 10:30am on Saturday (today) from her official Ganabhaban residence,' Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus told a press briefing at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday. He said a total of 66,189 houses have been built at a cost of Taka 1,168 crore for homeless people as part of the government's initiative to bring all homeless families under housing facility during Mujib Barsho with the slogan, 'None will be left homeless'. One lakh more houses will also be distributed among homeless people next month, he said, reports BSS. Dr Ahmad Kaikaus said Ashrayan Project under the PMO rehabilitated 3,715 families by constructing 743 barracks-type houses under 44 project villages in 36 upazilas in 21 districts during the Mujib Barsho. The principal secretary said the Ashrayan Project prepared a list of 885,622 families in 2020, of which 293,361 are landless and homeless families and 592,261 families having 1-10 decimal land but no housing facility. He said Ashrayan had also rehabilitated 320,058 landless and homeless families from 1997 to December 2020, adding, 'Armed Forces Davison is constructing barracks for landless and homeless families.' Dr Kaikaus said the Ashran-2 project (July 2010-June 2022) has a target to rehabilitate 250,000 landless, homeless and displaced families at a cost of Taka 4,840.28 crore. From the 250,000 families, Ashrayan has already rehabilitated 192,277 landless and homeless families across the country from July 2010 to June 2019. A total of 48,500 landless and homeless families have been rehabilitated in barracks-type houses while 1,43,777 families having own land (1-10 decimal) but no capacity to construct houses in...