Warm clothes distributed in Gaibandha

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BSS, Gaibandha :
With the increase of cold wave here, district administration has intensified warm cloth distribution among cold affected people of the district to mitigate their sufferings.
Officials said District Relief and Rehabilitation office received a total of 41,700 pieces of blankets from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief this season to distribute those to the cold victims.
The blankets are being distributed to the cold-hit distressed and poor people of all the seven upazilas here under the direct supervision of upazila administration and local government bodies.
Sadar UNO Uttam Kumar Roy said the warm clothes were distributed among the cold affected poor people in all the 13 unions of the upazila.
About 38,000 pieces of blankets have so far been disbursed among cold affected people in the district and the rest are being distributed to them, said district relief and rehabilitation officer AKM Idris Ali.
Deputy commissioner Abdul Matin said instructions were given to the upazila administrations and local government bodies to distribute the blankets among the victims properly.
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