Staff Reporter, Mymensingh :
Some 10 beggars were given different kinds of aid with finanical help to establish business in Mymensingh on Saturday.
With the aim of rehabilitating beggars and creating alternative employment, Myemnsingh City Corporation (MCC) Mayor Md Ekramul Haque Titu distributed various materials including rickshaws, cows, goats, vans for small businesses among 10 beggars in the Nagar Bhavan premises in a joint initiative of Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) and Mymensingh City Social Service Office on Saturday.
These aid were distreibuted under the beggar rehabilitation and alternative employment programme of the government. At this time, he said, no one takes begging as a profession. It is created out of poverty and helplessness.
Mayor said that we are also thinking for the most marginalized people of the society and is working to realize the dream of a developed country free from hunger and poverty. The Mayor also said that beggars can join the income-raising activities with what thay have been given. The promise of no more begging must be kept in mond by effort.
It is to be noted that the City Corporation Implementation Committee has selected these beggars through interviews from among the beggars listed and verified by the City Social Services Office. The beggars receiving the rehabilitation materials are residents of Goailkandi, Kanchijhuli, Baishakhai, Banshbari Colony, Sutiakhali, Charpara Bailen, Kalibari and Thanaghat Baluchar of Mymensingh City Corporation. Md Yusuf Ali, Chief Executive Officer of MOSIK, Divisional Director of Mymensingh Social Service Office Tahmina Akhter, Deputy Director of District Social Service Office Abdul Qayyum, Transport General Manager of MOSIK Shiuli Hari, Regional Executive Officer Rafikuzzaman, Councilors of MCC, City Social Service Officer Fatema Tuz Zohra and others were present during the distribution of rehabilitation materials.
