A Correspondent :
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Ministry has distributed cash grant among 2,687 families, who are dependent on 15 Village Common Forest (VCF), aiming to reduce dependency on forest and save wild lives.
Total 2,687 families under six upazilas of the district were brought under the project. Among the families, 927 are from 2-VCF in Mohalchari Upazila, while 57 from 1-VCF in Guimara, 90 from 1-VCF in Matiranga, 222 from 3-VCF in Laxmichhari Upazila, 315 from 2-VCF in Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila and 1,086 from 6-VCF in Dighinala Upazila, said Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) sources.
The CHT Affairs Ministry with the assistance of KHDC has distributed Tk 7,000 to each family at a function on Tuesday held at the KHDC conference hall. In this connection, KHDC has distributed about Tk 2 crore.
KHDC Chairman Konjori Chowdhury attended the programme as chief guest while KHDC Chief Executive Mohammad Nuruzzaman presided over the programme.
Among others, KHDC Member Mongshiprue Chowdhury Apu, Nirmolendhu Chowdhury, Mongkyching Chowdhury, Satish Chakma, UNDF-CHTDF District Manager Priyator Chakma, and Agriculture and Food Security Projects District Officer Mohammad Shahjahan Ali also attended the programme as special guests.
UNDF-CHTDF District Manager Priyator Chakma said, “CHT forests would be unchanged if we can make people understand about the bad effects of reducing forests. The beneficiaries will start small businesses including setting up poultry and dairy farm with this money.”
“We are trying our level best to make people self-reliant through alternative businesses that will help them to maintain their family. If we succeed in this connection, the VCF would exist,” he also said.
KHDC Chairman Konjori Chowdhury said, “We want to save forest, wild animals and bio-diversity aiming to control climate changes.
We stand beside those who maintain their lives depending on forest resources. We have a plan to shift them to alternative professions aiming to reduce dependency on forest resources.”
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Ministry has distributed cash grant among 2,687 families, who are dependent on 15 Village Common Forest (VCF), aiming to reduce dependency on forest and save wild lives.
Total 2,687 families under six upazilas of the district were brought under the project. Among the families, 927 are from 2-VCF in Mohalchari Upazila, while 57 from 1-VCF in Guimara, 90 from 1-VCF in Matiranga, 222 from 3-VCF in Laxmichhari Upazila, 315 from 2-VCF in Khagrachhari Sadar Upazila and 1,086 from 6-VCF in Dighinala Upazila, said Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) sources.
The CHT Affairs Ministry with the assistance of KHDC has distributed Tk 7,000 to each family at a function on Tuesday held at the KHDC conference hall. In this connection, KHDC has distributed about Tk 2 crore.
KHDC Chairman Konjori Chowdhury attended the programme as chief guest while KHDC Chief Executive Mohammad Nuruzzaman presided over the programme.
Among others, KHDC Member Mongshiprue Chowdhury Apu, Nirmolendhu Chowdhury, Mongkyching Chowdhury, Satish Chakma, UNDF-CHTDF District Manager Priyator Chakma, and Agriculture and Food Security Projects District Officer Mohammad Shahjahan Ali also attended the programme as special guests.
UNDF-CHTDF District Manager Priyator Chakma said, “CHT forests would be unchanged if we can make people understand about the bad effects of reducing forests. The beneficiaries will start small businesses including setting up poultry and dairy farm with this money.”
“We are trying our level best to make people self-reliant through alternative businesses that will help them to maintain their family. If we succeed in this connection, the VCF would exist,” he also said.
KHDC Chairman Konjori Chowdhury said, “We want to save forest, wild animals and bio-diversity aiming to control climate changes.
We stand beside those who maintain their lives depending on forest resources. We have a plan to shift them to alternative professions aiming to reduce dependency on forest resources.”
