6600 Uttara flats construction begins
The government yesterday inaugurated the construction work of 6,600 apartments in the city's Uttara Sector-18 under Uttara Model Town (Third Phase) Project.
The construction of the 1250 square feet flats (A type) is expected to complete by next two and a half years, officials said.
Any Bangladeshi citizen can apply for the apartments by submitting Tk 3 lakh deposit money. Winning applicants will receive the flats in due time.
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has already invited applications for the apartments. The closing date for application is April 30.
Rajuk and Public Works Department are jointly implementing the project--building 6,600 apartments in 79 sixteen-storey buildings.
Under Uttara Apartment Project, the government will construct 20,160 flats in phases on 214.44 acres of land for people of low and middle income groups.
The project will cost around Tk 9030 crore.
State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan, who inaugurated the construction work yesterday, said there was a plan to build one lakh flats across the country.
Rajuk alone will build 50,000 flats, while the National Housing Authority and other departments will construct 50,000 more flats throughout the country, he said.
The government has already signed an agreement with the Malaysian government to construct 13,560 more apartments of B Type (1050 square feet) and C Type (850 square feet).
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