Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed officials to waive cleaners’ rent for flats being built by the government and to fill up vacant posts of cleaners with their descendants.
Planning Minister MA Mannan gave the information after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council or ECNEC on Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com.
The ECNEC was discussing a project to construct flats for the cleaners in municipalities. The prime minister joined the meeting through a video conference from the Ganabhaban.
Minister Mannan said the ECNEC approved a project on infrastructure development of LC stations at Hili, Burimari and Banglabandha.
State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam said Hasina ordered to set up special scanners to scan people along with goods at the land ports.
The ECNEC cleared eight projects with a total estimated cost of around Tk 76 billion. The government expects Tk 25.8 billion in foreign aid for the projects.
The projects include the second phase of construction of boundary pillars, walkways and jetties on the banks of the Buriganga, Turag, Shitalakkhya and Balu rivers, and the construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheatre in Rangpur.
