BSS, Magura :
A total of 35,000 poor and distressed families of sadar upazila of the district will get rice under special Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) Programme on the occasion of Eid.
Officials of the district administration said the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has allocated the rice for distribution to the poor and distressed families living in Sadar upazila of the district.
Saifuzzaman Shikhar, MP of Magura-1 constituency, inaugurated the distribution of VGF rice as the chief guest, at a function held on Jagdal and Chaulia Union Parishad premises under Magura Sadar Upazila yesterday afternoon.
Sadar Upazila Chairman Abu Nasir Bablu, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Yasin Kabir, Sadar Upazila Awami League President Ashraful Alam Babul Fakir, Jagdal UP Chairman Syed Rafiqul Islam and Chaulia UP Chairman Hafizar Rahman, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Yasin Kabir said steps are being taken to complete distribution of the allocated rice to the card holder families before the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festivity to assist them in celebrating the festivity.
