Govt to build 372 cyclone, flood shelter centres

Prime minister tells JS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has undertaken plans to construct 372 cyclone and flood shelter centres with Taka 888 crore in flood and cyclone prone areas in the country, reports BSS.
"We have constructed 100 cyclone shelter centres with Taka 194 crore and 100 flood shelter centres with Taka 48 crore," she said, while replying to a question from treasury bench member Momtaj Begum in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday.
The Prime Minister informed the House that Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) is a big success of the Awami League government, adding, "Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had launched the CPP in 1972 for protecting people of the costal belts from cyclone."
She said the government has undertaken a project to construct 216 cyclone shelter centres with Taka 688 crore, while construction of 156 flood shelter centres with Taka 200 crore is going on.
Sheikh Hasina informed the House that currently the country has 55,000 CPP volunteers and they are equipped with necessary training and equipments. They (CPP volunteers) have been kept ready to carry out campaign during any cyclone and other natural disasters, she added.
She said 3,751 cyclone shelter centres have been constructed in cyclone prone areas earlier in collaboration with various development agencies.
"We shifted 11 lakh vulnerable people to cyclone shelter centres within a night during the cyclone Mohasen," the Prime Minister added.
She said the government installed 35 megaphone sirens in 35 upazilas for broadcasting cyclone warning to costal people. Besides, the government procured 12 pickups and six water ambulances for transporting relief and providing healthcare service to affected people quickly, Sheikh Hasina said.
The government also procured four aquatic sea boats and 12 small marine rescue boats for the people vulnerable to natural disasters, she informed the House.

 

Govt to build 372 cyclone, flood shelter centres

Prime minister tells JS

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government has undertaken plans to construct 372 cyclone and flood shelter centres with Taka 888 crore in flood and cyclone prone areas in the country, reports BSS. We have constructed 100 cyclone shelter centres with Taka 194 crore and 100 flood shelter centres with Taka 48 crore, she said, while replying to a question from treasury bench member Momtaj Begum in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday. The Prime Minister informed the House that Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) is a big success of the Awami League government, adding, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had launched the CPP in 1972 for protecting people of the costal belts from cyclone. She said the government has undertaken a project to construct 216 cyclone shelter centres with Taka 688 crore, while construction of 156 flood shelter centres with Taka 200 crore is going on. Sheikh Hasina informed the House that currently the country has 55,000 CPP volunteers and they are equipped with necessary training and equipments. They (CPP volunteers) have been kept ready to carry out campaign during any cyclone and other natural disasters, she added. She said 3,751 cyclone shelter centres have been constructed in cyclone prone areas earlier in collaboration with various development agencies. We shifted 11 lakh vulnerable people to cyclone shelter centres within a night during the cyclone Mohasen, the Prime Minister added. She said the government installed 35 megaphone sirens in 35 upazilas for broadcasting cyclone warning to costal people. Besides, the government procured 12 pickups and six water ambulances for transporting relief and providing healthcare service to affected people quickly, Sheikh Hasina said. The government also procured four aquatic sea boats and 12 small marine rescue boats for the people vulnerable to natural disasters, she informed the House.