But each shelter costs $50,000 to build, and Bangladesh already had a budget deficit before the cyclone.
Instead she muttered, 'nuclear shelters cost a lot of money and even then there's no guarantee that they will be effective.
But, contrary to the expectations of some advocates, the better shelters cost a lot more than hotels.
The adult shelters cost $155 million a year and house 10,500 single people a night.
Those shelters cost the Treasury at least $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes, according to the subcommittee.
They learned that a shelter proposed on Spring Street could cost as much as $175,000.
The report said that the shelters cost the Treasury at least $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes.
At the time officials cited estimates that abusive shelters cost the government at least $10 billion annually.
Investigators say the shelters cost the government as much as $1.4 billion in tax revenue.
Asked how much the new shelters would cost, he replied, "Big numbers."