Two Mujib Killa inaugurated in Patuakhali by PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated two Mujib Killa in Patuakhali's Kalapara upazila through video conference today. At least 500 people and 500 cattle can take shelter in each Mujib Killa.

Kalapara Upazila Project Implementation Officer (PIO) Humayun Kabir said that Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief is running a project called 'Construction, Renovation, and Development of Mujib Killa' and under the project, initiatives have been taken to build, renovate and develop 20 Mujib Killas in Kalapara upazila.

Two of these Killas were inaugurated today after completion of all construction work. Work on remaining Killas is underway, he added.

Md Asaduzzaman Khan, assistant director of Kalapara Red Crescent Society, said that the buildings have been constructed at a height of about 11 feet above normal agricultural land.

In these buildings, people and cattle can take shelter during disasters as each building has 8 toilets, 2 kitchens, bathing facilities, drinking water, and solar power system, he added.

Around 3,500 people live in Kalapara upazila's Nowapara and East Tiakhali villages. Three people from Nowapara village, including a child, were killed during cyclone Sidr in 2007 when there was no shelter.

A resident of the village, Mohiuddin Talukder said, "We don't need to worry any more during storms and floods as we can take shelter in these new Killas."