4,724 flats under construction for govt employees: Mosharraf

A programme has been undertaken for constructing of 4,724 residential flats for mitigating housing crisis of government employees.
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossian said this in the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday while replying to a tabled question from treasury bench member Begum Wasika Ayesha Khan.
The minister said the residential flats are being constructed for government employees at different levels.
He said some 448 residential flats are being constructed at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar for officials/employees of the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat.
He informed the House that high-rise residential buildings are being constructed for judges of the Supreme Court. Multi-storied residential buildings are being constructed at Azimpur Government Colony and Motijheel, Mirpur Section-6 and Paikpara for government officials/employees, he added.
Some 288 residential flats are being constructed at Mirpur Section-6 for officials/employees of the public works department and 10 residential flats for ministers on Baily Road and 114 flats for senior secretaries/secretaries/grade-1 officials at Eskaton, Engineer Mosharraf said.
He said that 456 flats are being constructed for government officials/employees at Malibagh and 672 flats at Aliganj in Narayanganj.
Besides, the government has also a plan to construct more flats on unused public land/abandoned buildings for meeting residential crisis of the government officials/employees, the minister
added.    �BSS