Under Ashrayan 2, 66,189 houses are being prepared to be handed over to homeless and landless families. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will officially hand the ownership of the houses over to the recipients at 10:30am on Saturday, via video conference. Speaking to this correspondent on Friday afternoon, Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Rezaul Karim said all former exclave residents would gradually be brought under the Ashrayan project. Dr Kaikaus said Ashrayan has rehabilitated 320,058 landless and homeless families between 1997 and 2020. Ashrayan has already rehabilitated 192,277 landless and homeless families across the country from July 2010 to June 2019.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 22, 2021 10:52 UTC