Displaced by climate change, 600 families to get new homes in Cox’s Bazar
News Desk :
Yusuf Zaman is about to enter a new phase in his life. He lost his home in the devastating cyclone in 1991 and took refuge in a slum near Cox’s Bazar’s airport with thousands of others, reports bdnews24.com.
After living under a thatched roof with his wife and children for almost three decades, Yusuf will move into his apartment on Thursday.
For Jahanara Begum, a mother of four, leaving the poverty of a slum for a modern apartment complex is like a ‘dream come true’.
She, too, is set to receive her flat along with at least 600 families rendered homeless by the effects of climate change.
The programme will be launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Bishesh Asrayan Prakalpa, a special project, sprawls across 250 acres of land on the banks of the Bakkhali River, 3 km away from Cox’s Bazar.
At least 139 multi-storey buildings are being constructed in four zones, which will house 4,409 families who are living as climate refugees in Fadnar Dale, Kutubdia Para and Samity Para near Cox’s Bazar airport.
All of these people lost their homes in the severe cyclone of 1991.
This is the biggest housing project in the country and the first one for victims of climate change, according to Project Director Md Mahbub Hossain.
Yusuf Zaman is about to enter a new phase in his life. He lost his home in the devastating cyclone in 1991 and took refuge in a slum near Cox’s Bazar’s airport with thousands of others, reports bdnews24.com.
After living under a thatched roof with his wife and children for almost three decades, Yusuf will move into his apartment on Thursday.
For Jahanara Begum, a mother of four, leaving the poverty of a slum for a modern apartment complex is like a ‘dream come true’.
She, too, is set to receive her flat along with at least 600 families rendered homeless by the effects of climate change.
The programme will be launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Bishesh Asrayan Prakalpa, a special project, sprawls across 250 acres of land on the banks of the Bakkhali River, 3 km away from Cox’s Bazar.
At least 139 multi-storey buildings are being constructed in four zones, which will house 4,409 families who are living as climate refugees in Fadnar Dale, Kutubdia Para and Samity Para near Cox’s Bazar airport.
All of these people lost their homes in the severe cyclone of 1991.
This is the biggest housing project in the country and the first one for victims of climate change, according to Project Director Md Mahbub Hossain.
