GAIBANDHA, AUG 13, 2018 (BSS) – The government has allocated three thousand
and 288.60 metric tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra poor of the
district on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha under Vulnerable Group
Feeding (VGF) programme.
District relief and rehabilitation office source said the rice would be
distributed to a total of 1, 64, 430 VGF card holders of all the seven
upazilas including three pourashavas of the district before Eid-ul-Azha.
Of the total, 27,209 cards were allocated for Fulchhari Upazila, 28,899 for
Sundarganj Upazila, 15,160 for Shaghata Upazila, 28,252 for Gobindaganj
Upazila, 15,257 for Sadullapur Upazila, 23,752 for Sadar Upazila and 13, 073
for Palashbari Upazila of the district.
Apart from it, 4621 cards were allocated for Gaibandha Pourashava and
Gobindaganj Pourashava each and 3081cards for Sundarganj Pourashava, sources
said.
Each of the beneficiaries would get 20 KGs of rice so that they could
celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for the
Muslims, without any hurdle, said district relief and rehabilitation officer
AKM Idris Ali.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Goutam Chandra Pal told BSS 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 M. Shafiqur Rahman 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.