CHATTOGRAM, April 5, 2020 (BSS) – The open market sale (OMS) of rice at
Taka 10 per kilogram (kg) has started in Chattogram.
Chattogram Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Ilias Hossain said that the
rice is being sold at different spots in the city.
He said this in an emergency meeting of the District Relief and Disaster
Management Committee (DRDMC) organized by the district administration the at
Circuit House here today to ensure proper execution of the relief
distribution programme.
The deputy commissioner said rice will be sold directly at different spots
in the city by the district food control department at Tk 10 per kg.
“The government has taken this initiative considering the condition of low
middle and middle class families of society. He said the OMS rice is being
sold maintaining the ‘social distancing,” he added.
The rest houses selected for the residential purpose for doctors and other
service providers after treatment of the coronavirus patients were visited by
the DRDM members in different areas in the city after the meeting, the
district administration said in a press release.
These rest houses are being prepared in every upazila and city of the
district, adjacent to the health complex.
Earlier, the district administration requisitioned 20 rooms at regional
public administration training centre in the city, 60 rooms at Premier
University Hostel and 15 rooms in Customs Training House for the residential
purpose of doctors.