RANGPUR, Jan 5, 2022 (BSS) - Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman
Mostafa distributed 1,250 pieces of blankets among cold-hit people of
five wards in the city on Tuesday and Wednesday.

  The district administration extended assistance in distributing the
blankets received from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.

  The blankets were distributed in separate functions arranged at the
offices of the respective City Councilors in wards no 6, 7, 8, 29 and
30.

  Panel Mayor of Rangpur and City Councilor (Ward No-19) Alhaj Md.
Mahmudur Rahman Titu attended the functions as a special guest.

   City Councilors of wards no 6, 7, 8, 29 and 30 and local elite were
present in the functions.

   On the occasions, Mayor Mostafa highly lauded the government for
standing beside the cold-stricken people of the city in mitigating
their sufferings during the current sweeping cold wave.

   "Under the program, a total of 8,250 pieces of blankets will be
distributed with 250 pieces among 250 cold-hit people of each of the
33 wards in the city," he said.

   He called upon the affluent people and different organizations to
extend their assistance to the cold-stricken people alongside the
government efforts for mitigating their sufferings.