Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said none remains out of the purview of humanitarian assistances and relief programmes as the government is trying hard to reach the relief goods to all across the country amid the COVID-19 situation.
“None is out of the purview of humanitarian assistance and relief programmes of the government… there is sufficient relief goods. All (people of the country) will get the assistance in phases,” he said this on Wednesday while distributing relief goods among 300 destitute families maintaining social
distancing properly at Paiska High School playground in Tangail. Urging the people to cooperate the government with patience, Razzaque said, “This government is people-friendly and public oriented. The government is always bedside you”.
He asked the people to follow the health rules and government guidelines to keep them safe from being infected with coronavirus. The minister distributed relief goods among more than 300 destitute families at the college playground under the auspices of Dhanbari Paurasabha Mayor Khandoker Manjurul Islam Tapan. Later, he exchanged views with the local administration, public representatives and law enforcement agencies on combating COVID-19, relief distribution and harvesting paddy at Dhanbari upazila auditorium. While exchanging views, the agriculture minister urged all to implement the government’s directives at the field level properly to fight the coronavirus. Referring to the local public representatives, Razzaque said, “The government has taken ‘zero tolerance’ policy against relief misappropriation. No incident of irregularities will be spared”.
Upazila Chairman Harunur Rashid Hira, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Arifa Siddiqa and Circle ASP Kamran Hossain joined the view exchange meeting, among others.
Speaking about paddy harvesting, the agriculture minister said a target has been set up to produce over 2.04 lakh metric tons of Boro rice this year. Noting that about 55 percent of the total rice production comes from the Boro crop, he said different agricultural equipments, including about 800 combine harvesters and 400 reapers, at cost of Taka 100 crore, have already been reached to the farmers while the process is underway to reach same amount of agricultural equipments to the farmers soon at cost of more Taka 100 crore.
Later, Razzaque distributed relief items among 2,500 destitute families as humanitarian assistance at Madhupur upazila in Tangail.
