CDA plans housing project for female garment workers
\nOur Correspondent
\n4\/16\/2014
\nFinancial Express.bd, Bangladesh<\/p>\n
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CHITTAGONG, April 15: Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has undertaken a housing project to ensure security and provide accommodation facilities exclusively for female garment workers who constitute the major portion of total working force employed in the main export earning sector of the country, sources said.<\/p>\n
The project to be implemented from CDA’s own fund with government assistance would provide accommodation facilities to 1000 female garment workers in Chittagong. Dormitories and 100 small-sized flats would be constructed over two acres of land in the port city’s Saltgola area.
\nThe project will have all possible improved facilities including a market, a hospital, open grounds and gardens. It would be the first step towards lessening the acute housing problem of the female garment workers in Chittagong.
\nAccording to the concerned sources, there are over 0.3 million female garment workers in Chittagong employed in different garment units. Owners of the garment industries have not yet been able to provide accommodation facilities to them despite their immense contribution to the national economy.
\nThe Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has termed the initiative an encouraging and laudable one as it would enable the female workers to discharge their assigned duties in a very secured and pressure-free atmosphere.
\nThe CDA sources said the project profile has been sent to the ministry, and the task of implementing the project would start on obtaining approval of the competent authority<\/p>\n
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