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Wednesday | October 07, 2026 | Dhaka

Call to build environ-friendly housing in Jashore

 Jashore Correspondent
 Published: 12:01 AM, 07 October 2026

World Habitat Day 2026 was celebrated in Jessore on Monday under the theme of universal housing and sustainable urbanisation.

On this occasion, a discussion meeting was held at the initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works and organised by the Public Works Department, Jashore. On this day, a discussion meeting and rally were organized at the initiative of the Jashore District Administration and the Public Works Department.

After the rally, a discussion meeting was held at the conference room of the Jashore Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Amitraksha. Deputy Director of the Local Government Department, Rafiqul Hasan, presided over the speech of the Chief Guest, Superintendent Engineer of Jashore Public Works Circle.

Mohammad Fazlul Haque.
At this time, he said that housing is a fundamental right of the people. The government is making efforts to provide housing to the people. So that agricultural land does not decrease.

Along with this, the government has taken various projects to construct housing buildings to remove environmental pollution due to slums.

The speakers present at the discussion meeting said that along with planned and sustainable urbanization, it is important to ensure safe and universal housing opportunities for people of all classes and professions of the society.

As a result of increasing urbanisation, the demand for housing is increasing. In this situation, sustainable cities must be built through environmentally and people-friendly planning.

The speakers also said that it is necessary to build environmentally friendly housing infrastructure to combat the adverse effects of climate change. For this, all concerned parties, including government and private institutions, must work together.

Special guests included District Council Administrator Delwar Hossain Khokon, Jashore Public Works Department Executive Engineer Zahidul Islam, Polytechnic Institute Principal Engineer Rabiul Alam, IDEB General Secretary Ruhul Amin, Chamber of Commerce and Industries President Mizanur Rahman, LGED Executive Engineer Ahmed Mahabubur Rahman, Housing Sub-Divisional Engineer Ashiq Ahmed Shakib, Press Club Jashore President Zahid Hasan Tukun, and officials and representatives of various government and private organisations.