DHAKA, March 30, 2020 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed
the authorities concerned to provide food aid to the daily wage-earners by
preparing a list of those suffering from food shortage being jobless due to
the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
“The Prime Minister has directed to prepare a list of the people like
beggars, vagabonds, day-laborers, rickshaw-van pullers, transport workers,
restaurant workers, hawkers, tea-stall owners, who run their families on
daily wages, and provide them with food aid,” said a notice of the Ministry
of Disaster Management and Relief dated March 29.
Signed by Senior Secretary Md Shah Kamal, the notice further said the
Prime Minister has also ordered to prepare lists and provide food aid to ward
based beneficiaries, including agriculture workers, under city corporations,
municipalities and unions.
District commissioners (DCs) have been asked to coordinate with the
prepared lists in case of food aid being provided by the affluent people,
organisations and non-government organizations at the grassroots, so that
repetition can be avoided and no beneficiaries left out.