Govt allocates Tk 400m for roads in Rohingya camps

MNA Business Desk: The government has allocated Taka 400 million for construction of roads in 12 temporary Rohingya camps of Myanmar refugees in Cox’s Bazar as part of its massive programmes for the rehabilitation of the displaced people from Myanmar.

“The LGRD ministry has allocated the money for construction of the roads in 12 makeshift refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar,” Prime Minister’s Office sources told news agency.

Prime minister’s deputy press secretary Ashraful Alam Khokan said apart from this, the government is constructing 1200 makeshift sanitary latrines and installing 1200 tube-wells in the 12 refugee camps.

He said 100 makeshift toilets — 60 for females and 40 for males — will be set up in each refugee camp.

“As many as 200 toilets have already been built in the 12 refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and the rest of the toilets will be constructed within next 2/3 days,” he said.

Khokan said the coordination committee formed for rehabilitation of the Rohingya refugees sits every day in the PMO and takes necessary decisions in this regard.

As many as 14 makeshift warehouses near the newly built refugee camps will be constructed to preserve and store the relief materials.

Meanwhile, the government has taken a decision to distribute kerosene burner among the Myanmar refugees to protect environment and the forest of the adjoining areas.