State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Saturday said no one will be evicted without the rehabilitation of slum dwellers.
He said this while inaugurating a water pump adjacent to Bhashantek Jamia Islamia Arabia Madrasah Mosque after visiting Bhashantek BRP Project.
Later, the state minister distributed Eid gifts among slum dwellers, according to a press release.
Arafat said he pledged before the national elections regarding the BRP Project that all slum dwellers would be brought under a rehabilitation program.
In continuation, Arafat said he talked with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about rehabilitating Bhashantek slum dwellers, and the premier gave directives to implement the BRP Project as soon as possible.
The state minister said before rehabilitation, not a single room in Bhashantek slum will be evicted.
Arafat said in the next two and a half years, water will be supplied in the entire Dhaka city from the Meghna River after making the water as useable to solve the water crisis. No more water pumps will be installed in Dhaka city, he said.
The state minister said Bangladesh will be an advanced and modern, Smart Bangladesh by 2041. The Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working to achieve this goal, he said.
Today, Bangladesh is a role model of development in the world, he said.
Earlier, the state minister met the family members of the late Bhashantek Thana unit of Awami League's former president Engineer Gias Uddin and conveyed sympathy to them.
