UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the distribution programme of family silos for 63 upazilas in 19 disaster-prone districts in the country with a view to preserving food grains and seeds during any disaster.
She launched the programme by opening the distribution activities of the family silos at three upazilas of Jhalakathi district through a videoconferencing from her official residence Ganabhaban in the city.
The Prime Minister also exchanged views with beneficiaries of the family silos in Jhalakathi.
The plastic-made family silos have been distributed under ‘Modern Food Storage Facilities Project’ which is being implemented by the Food Ministry with an objective to increase the grain reserve available to households to meet their post-disaster needs and improve the efficiency of grain storage management.
The government has taken a programme to distribute some five lakh family silos in 63 upazilas of the disaster-prone 19 districts under the project involving the total cost of US$ 240 million (Tk 2,000 crore approx.). Of the cost, the World Bank finances US$ 210 million.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the distribution programme of family silos for 63 upazilas in 19 disaster-prone districts in the country with a view to preserving food grains and seeds during any disaster.
She launched the programme by opening the distribution activities of the family silos at three upazilas of Jhalakathi district through a videoconferencing from her official residence Ganabhaban in the city.
The Prime Minister also exchanged views with beneficiaries of the family silos in Jhalakathi.
The plastic-made family silos have been distributed under ‘Modern Food Storage Facilities Project’ which is being implemented by the Food Ministry with an objective to increase the grain reserve available to households to meet their post-disaster needs and improve the efficiency of grain storage management.
The government has taken a programme to distribute some five lakh family silos in 63 upazilas of the disaster-prone 19 districts under the project involving the total cost of US$ 240 million (Tk 2,000 crore approx.). Of the cost, the World Bank finances US$ 210 million.
