As many as 39,365 families will get a roof over their heads ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr this year, under the fourth phase of Ashrayan-2 project.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the deeds for and keys to the semi-pucca houses to homeless and landless people across the country on Wednesday.
Sources from the Prime Minister's Office said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over houses and land in the fourth phase by virtually joining the ceremonies in three upazilas of the country from her official residence Ganabhaban.
The prime minister will directly exchange views with the beneficiaries of Nayapara Ashrayan project in Sreepur upazila in Gazipur, Nawagon Ashrayan project in Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet, and Uttarpar Ashrayan project in Banaripara of Barisal.
Sheikh Hasina had undertaken the Ashrayan project in 1997 and a total of 373,562 houses have so far been given to the homeless and landless families under the project, run by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
In the first phase, 60,191 houses were handed over on January 23, 2021 and 53,300 houses on June 20 that year.
The number of single houses constructed in the third phase was 65,674. Of these, 32,904 were distributed on April 26 last year and 26,229 houses on July 21, 2022.
Since 1997, 554,597 families have been rehabilitated so far under the project.
