NARAIL, May 5, 2021 (BSS) – A total of 220 hairdressers were given humanitarian assistance from the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund to mitigate their sufferings in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Sadar upazila of the district today.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Habibur Rahman distributed the government assistance among them at a function held at Narail Birshreshtha Nur Mohammad Stadium ground in Sadar upazila of the district this afternoon as the chief guest with Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Salma Selim in the chair.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Mohammad Yarul Islam, District Relief Officer Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Nezarat Deputy Collector (NDC) Mohammad Zahid Hasan, Hairdressers Samiti President Mrityanjay Shil, other district administration officials, journalists and local dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Habibur Rahman said the district administration provided the assistance from the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s relief fund and as a part of the government’s instant humanitarian support.
Under the programme, each of the 220 hairdressers people was given 10-kg rice, one liter oil, one kg sugar, one kg pulse and two soaps including masks free of cost, the sources said.