Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said a planned low-cost housing system should be developed for the poor people living in slums across the cities.
She made the statement while talking to the officials of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works during her visit there on Sunday afternoon, reports BSS.
Hasina urged the officials of the ministry to work for the development of a standard habitat so that every people in rural and urban area get their own abode.
The prime minister said: “Lakes, water bodies and open spaces should be kept reserved while taking a development plan.”
She said the housing projects both in public and private sectors should be equipped with all civic facilities and services, and those housing facilities should be developed under a master-plan.
Hasina asked the officials to go through a master-plan while implementing other infrastructures of public works project for development, beautification and other purposes.
In this regard, she asked the engineers, designers and architects of the ministry to attach importance to ventilation and drainage system, wide space between buildings and flats, waste management particularly of the hospitals and internal designing suitable for all especially for disabled and elderly persons.
Sheikh Hasina said the government has taken step for making the existing Detail Area Plan (DAP) of Dhaka City more realistic to cope up with the need of time.