Under the Fisheries Development Project in the greater Comilla district, 120 goats were distributed among the 70 registered Fishermen of Chandpur Sadar Upazila on Saturday.
Chandpur Sadar Upazila Parishad Chairman Md Nurul Islam Dewan, Vice Chairman Ayub Ali Bepari, Upazila Livestock Officer Dr. Mohammad Maqbool Hossain, Senior Upazila Fisheries Officer Md Tanzimul Islam, Chandpur District Vice President of Bangladesh Awami Fishermen's League Md. Shahaalam Mallik, Central Organizing Secretary of National Fishermen's Association Md Taslim Bepari and others.
Upazila Fisheries Officer Mizanur Rahman said that under this project, since 2015, it has been playing a major role in fisheries development in Chandpur, Comilla and Brahmanbaria districts.
Various materials including digging of government water bodies, sewing machines for fishermen, vans, sheep, goats, nets have been distributed. This has given many fishermen the opportunity to become self-reliant.