The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

State Minister for Housing and Public Works advocate Abdul Mannan Khan yesterday said that government has planned to set up four satellite towns around the capital.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Super Shield Bangladesh at a hotel in the capital, he said that one lakh flats would be built on government Khas land in the four satellite towns to reduce pressure on the overpopulated capital.

"We'll set up a well-planed housing industry through proper utilisation of the lands for the sake of planned urbanization, apart from addressing people's housing demands," the minister added.

Mannan urged all local and foreign investors to invest in the property-development sector under PPP programme to meet the growing demand for housing.

Super Shield Bangladesh Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Super Shield International Limited based in the UK. The company is the manufacturer, supplier and installer of PVCu double/triple-glassed doors, windows, conservatories, shop fronts and home-improvement products.

British High Commissioner Stephen Evans and Super Shield chairman Koyes Ahmed, managing director Moinul Islam and production director Barry D Schmid, among others, addressed the function.