Relief goods distributed among flood victims in Rajshahi, Kurigram

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Kurigram Correspondent :
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader distributed relief goods among the flood- hit people at Pachgachhi College ground under Kurigram Sadar upazila on Saturday noon.
“We have come to visit the flood-affected areas as the relief activity is going on. What step has been taken to mitigate the peoples’ hazards by the government, we as the opposition leaders have come to observe it,” Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader said during the relief distribution programme.
 He also said,” A sustainable settlement should be done for the flood-affected people who are affected every term by the flood. Their list will be prepared through survey. The relief will be sent to the listed people when flood will affect them.” Jatiya Party Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Ranga MP, Vice-Chairman Ashsan Adelur Rahman (Adel) MP, Kurigram-2 seat lawmaker Ponir Uddin Ahmed MP and the district Jatiya Party Chairman former MP Mostafijur Rahman, among others, were accompanied with GM Quader in Kurigram visit.
Chairman of JAPA Quader said against government,” People of Dhaka capital are in Dengue panic and are getting fear.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: Around 1.50 lakh poor and distressed families will be brought under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme here to mark the celebration of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Azha festival.
Each of the beneficiary families will get 15 kilograms of rice under the humanitarian assistance and social safety net programmes of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.
District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Aminul Haque said 1,575.356 metric tons of rice were allocated for 1,49,057 families in all 72 Union Parishads and 14 pourashabhas (municipalities) under nine upazilas in the district.
The allocated rice was sent to the upazila level. Many of the Union Parishad and Pourashava authorities have already started distributing the rice since last week.
As per direction and supervision of the district administration, respective union Parishads prepared the list of the distressed people in their areas and distributing rice with approval of the concerned UNOs.
The rice distribution process is expected to end before the Eid day, Aminul added.
Deputy Commissioner Hamidul Haque said instructions were given to the Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) along with project implementation officers (PIOs) for distribution of the rice among the beneficiaries smoothly.
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