2,694 women brought under VGD programme in Nilphamari

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NILPHAMARI, Feb 3, 2021 (BSS) – A total of 2,694 destitute women will be
benefited from Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programme under the
government’s social safety net programmes in Syedpur upazila of the district
this year.

According to the upazila administration, a total of 2,694 destitute women
of five unions have been brought under the programme.

Of them, 525 are in Kamarpukur, 605 in Kashiram Belpukur, 393 in
Bangalipur, 618 in Botlagari and 455 in Khatamdhupur unions.

They will get 30kg rice per month for the next two years, said upazila
women’s affairs officer Nurunnahar Shahjadi.