Govt building 50 cyclone shelters

The government is building a total of 50 multipurpose cyclone shelters and schools under the Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project (EMCRP) at Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas in Cox's Bazar district.

Under the project, the government is also building and improving relief administration and distribution centres, multipurpose community service centres, bazaars, firefighting warehouses, roads, footpaths, drains, culverts, bridges, lightning arresters and installs solar street lights inside the camps, said a press release yesterday.

 EMCRP, aided by the World Bank, was launched to provide greater protection for the around 11.00 lakh Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) in times of natural disaster and improve social service delivery system by improving communication network, social resilience and other facilities.

The World Bank is providing a $165 million grant to help Bangladesh provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for the Rohingya who have fled violence in Myanmar and sought shelter in the Teknaf and Ukhia Upazilas.

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Department of Public Health (DPHE) and Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) are implementing the project.