Dhaka, Feb 3 (bdnews24.com) – The prime minister ordered authorities on Tuesday to take urgent steps to relocate the victims of land subsidence around the Barapukuria Coalmine in Dinajpur.
The prime minister directed her private secretary Nazrul Islam Khan to ensure steps were taken to list the victims, stratify them and rehabilitate them as well as to be on guard that they do not face the same plight in future.
Hasina directed authorities to move in this regard as soon as possible after she heard from affected families, who met her in parliament.
She also wondered that no measures had yet been taken although they have been suffering for the last 10 months.
The PM's adviser Toufique-e-Elahi and state minister for energy Shamsul Haq Tuku, were among those also present.
The PM's deputy press secretary Naqib Uddin Ahmed briefed reporters in this regard.