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Over 2,490 tonnes of VGF rice allocated in Gaibandha


Bangladeshpost
Published : 01 Jun 2019 05:26 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 12:54 PM

The government has allocated 2,490 tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra-poor people of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme, reports BSS.

District relief and rehabilitation office source said the rice would be distributed to a total of 1, 65, 970 VGF card holders at all the seven upazilas, including four pourashavas, in the district before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Of the total, 27,209 cards are allocated for Fulchhari upazila, 28,899 for Sundarganj upazila, 15,160 for Shaghata upazila, 28,252 for Gobindaganj upazila, 15,762 for Sadullapur upazila, 23,752 for Sadar upazila and 13, 073 for Palashbari upazila of the district.

Apart from it, 4,621 cards are allocated for Gaibandha Pourashava and Gobindaganj Pourashava each, 3,081cards for Sundarganj Pourashava, and 1,540 cards for Palashbari upazila of the district, sources said.

Each of the beneficiaries would get 15 KGs of rice so that they could celebrate the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals for the Muslims, without food crisis, said assistant commissioner and acting district relief and rehabilitation officer M. Saheedul Islam.

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abdul Matin said that said instructions were given to the upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) along with project implementation officers (PIOs) to distribute the rice to the beneficiaries smoothly within very short time.

Sadar UNO Uttam Kumar Roy and PIO Anisur Rahman said as per the directives of the DC necessary measures were taken to distribute the VGF rice to the beneficiaries of the upazila before Eid festival without any criticism.