Families of 28 underprivileged freedom fighters in the district are happy to have decent home, thanks to the government's initiative for ensuring residential facilities for the heroic sons and their successors.

Of the two-bedroom houses titled "Birnibash" (home for the heroes) ten are in Sailkupa, five in Jhenidah Sadar and Moheshpur each, four in Kaliganj, three in Harinakundu and one in Kotchandpur upazila.

"It gives me immense joy that the government has provided a shelter for me and my family, although a long time after the Liberation War," said freedom fighter Dukhi Mondol of Trilochonpur village under Kaliganj upazila. 

Shahera Banu of at Royera village in the same upazila said she with her two small children faced a hard time after her husband freedom fighter Wazed Ali Dudu Mia died a few years ago.

"We were living in an abandoned store of the local agriculture extension office. At last we have got a house on our own land. I am grateful to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her commitment for the freedom fighters' families."

Showing the house, Shahera Banu said it contains two bedrooms, a dining space, kitchen, toilet and a cowshed, although electricity facility is lacking.

"Due to the noble initiative taken by the government, the families of underprivileged freedom fighters have got nice home to live in," said Helal Uddin Sarkar, commander of Kaliganj upazila unit of Muktijoddha Sangsad.

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under a project titled 'Construction of Housing for Landless and Underprivileged Freedom Fighters' built the houses.

"We have constructed the 28 houses under the project in last three years.

The government spent a total of Tk 2.61 crore for the purpose," said Abdul Malek, executive engineer of LGED in Jhenidah.