Mujib Borsho and Ashrayan Project: A Dream

Bangladesh government has set a target in Mujib Borsho that not a single person will remain without address or home. Government will ensure an address for everyone under Ashrayan Project. Bangladesh government would ensure accommodation for all marking Mujib Borsho. The government has built 66,189 houses at a cost of Taka 1,168 crore for homeless people on the occasion of Mujib Borsho. Each of the houses was built on two decimals of land having two rooms, one corridor and one latrine alongside connection of electricity and water. The residents of the houses will be given necessary training to ensure their earnings and after completion of the training they will get a loan from the government. Besides, the Ashrayan Project under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) rehabilitated 3,715 families by constructing 743 barracks under 44 project villages in 36 upazilas in 21 districts during Mujib Borsho. The Ashrayan Project has prepared a list of 885,622 families in 2020, including 293,361 landless and homeless families, and 592.261 families having 1- 10 decimal land but no housing facility.