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MASSIVE-RELIEF-ACTIVITIES (with picture)
Massive relief activities for flood-hit people in B’putra basin
RANGPUR, July 22, 2019 (BSS) – The government continues conducting massive
relief activities for over 20.52-lakh flood-hit people to mitigate their
sufferings in seven flood-affected northern districts in the Brahmaputra
basin.
The district administration officials said the government has allocated
5,250 tonnes of rice, Taka 83.50 lakh, 26,000 packets of dry foods and 3,000
tents for distribution among flood-hit people of Rangpur, Nilphamari,
Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Bogra and Sirajganj districts.
Meanwhile, the district administrations have already allocated 3,295
tonnes of rice, Taka 59.50 lakh and 25,000 packets of dry foods and those are
being distributed among flood and erosion-hit people.
The seven district administrations still have reserve of 1,955 tonnes of
rice, Taka 24 lakh and 1,000 packets of dry foods for distribution among
flood-affected people of these districts where flood situation continues
improving in recent days.
According to the District Relief and Rehabilitation Officers (DRRO)
concerned, over 20.52 lakh people have been affected by current deluge in
these seven northern districts where 26 people drowned and 9,604 houses were
devoured to riverbeds so far.
DRRO of Rangpur ATM Akhteruzzaman said the government has allocated 700
tonnes of rice and Taka 13 lakh, and of them, 110 tonnes of rice and Taka
three lakh were distributed among 67,000 flood-affected people of three
upazilas.
Nilphamari DRRO SA Hayat said the government has allocated 450 tonnes of
rice and Taka 7.50 lakh, and of them, 170 tonnes of rice and Taka 2.50 lakh
were distributed among 18,000 flood-hit people of the district. The
government has allocated 450 tonnes of rice and Taka 7.50 lakh for
distribution among 75,000 flood-affected people of five upazilas in
Lalmonirhat.
“The district administration already distributed 150 tonnes of rice and
Taka 2.50 lakh among the flood-affected people of the district,” said DRRO of
Lalmonirhat Ali Haider.
Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram Sultana Pervin said the government has
allocated 1,000 tonnes of rice, Taka 15 lakh and other relief goods for
distribution among eight lakh flood-hit people of the district.
“We have already distributed 800 tonnes of rice, Taka 13.50 lakh, 7,000
packets of dry foods and 450 tents allocated by the government among flood-
affected people.
We have a stock of 200 tonnes of rice and Taka 1.50 lakh now,” said Sultana.
“The World Food Programme (WFP) also distributed 171 tonnes of nutritious
biscuits with one box containing 25 kilogram biscuits among each of the 6,840
flood-hit families of Kurigram,” she said.
Besides, WFP and Bangladesh Res Crescent Society distributed over Taka
1.98 crore among 4,415 flood-hit families with Taka 4,500 each and Taka 22.50
lakh among 500 families with Taka 4,500 each respectively in the district.
“In addition to this, ASA, an NGO, distributed dry foods worth Taka two-
lakh among flood-affected people of Kurigram,” Sultana added.
In Gaibandha, the government has allocated 1,150 tonnes of rice, Taka 20.50
lakh, 6,000 packets of dry foods and 500 tents for distribution among 5.82-
lakh flood-hit people of the district.
The district administration already distributed 1,070 tonnes rice, Taka
18.50 lakh and 6,000 packets of dry foods among flood-hit people of four
upazilas in Gaibandha.
In Bagura, the government has allocated 800 tonnes of rice, Taka 12 lakh,
6,000 packets of dry foods and 500 tents and those are being distributed
among 2.09 lakh flood-hit people of 179 villages in three upazilas in the
district.
“We have a stock of 183 tonnes of rice and Taka 50,000 now,” DRRO of Bagura
Azhar Ali Mandal told BSS today.
Talking to BSS, DRRO of Sirajganj Abdur Rahim said the government has
allocated 700 tonnes of rice, Taka eight lakh, 4,000 packets of dry foods and
500 tents for over three lakh flood-hit people of five upazilas in the
district.
“The district administration already distributed 378 tonnes of rice, Taka
eight lakh and 4,000 packets of dry foods till today among the affected
people in the district,” Rahim added.
BSS/SPL/MI/MR/ 1544 hrs