State Minister for Information and Broadcasting
Mohammad Ali Arafat has held a meeting with Land Minister Narayan Chandra
Chanda for quick resumption of the works of Bhashantek Rehabilitation Project
(BRP) in the capital.
They held the meeting at the Land Minister’s Office at the Secretariat on
Thursday, said a press release here today.
The land minister assured the state minister for information of resuming the
works of the BRP and gave necessary directives to the officials concerned.
On April 6 last, Mohammad Ali Arafat visited the Bhashantek area under his
constituency and assured that none will be evicted without rehabilitation of
the slum dwellers.
During the election he made a pledge to the slum dwellers that all of them
would be brought under rehabilitation, the state minister said in the
bilateral meeting.
“In continuation of that, I talked with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the
rehabilitation of Bhashantek slum dwellers. The premier gave directives to
quickly implement the BRP,”
he said.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha