The state minister for housing and public works, Abdul Mannan Khan, on Thursday said the government has taken a project for setting up four satellite towns adjacent to the capital to reduce existing housing crisis in the Dhaka city.
‘We initially have selected a place in Savar for setting up a satellite city and the implementation works will be started soon,’ said the state minister in reply to a question of Asma Zerin Jhumu during the question-answer session at the National Parliament.
He also said that after taking opinions from the local people and their representatives, the works for land acquisition would be started as per the government policy.
The state minister said that the government also had adopted a plan to set up three other towns soon.
According to the plan, a satellite town, named Ichhamati, would be set up at Sirajdikhan in Munshiganj while two other satellite towns, named Dhaleswari and Bangshi, would be set up at Singair in Manikganj and at Dhamrai in Dhaka.
Answering to a question of lawmaker Waresat Hossain Belal, the state minister said that the buildings constructed illegally on government lands in the city would be removed in phases and the lands would be freed from the illegal occupants.
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