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RELIEF-DISTRIBUTION
500 flood victims get relief in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA, July 31, 2019 (BSS) – Some 500 flood affected people of Sadar
upazila in the district got relief materials from a local non-government
organization SKS Foundation today.
A relief distribution function was held at Pulbandi Bazaar area under
Boali union of the upazila this morning.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abdul Matin attended the function and addressed
it as the chief guest and UNO Uttam Kumar Roy was present at the event as the
special guest.
Speaking on the occasion, DC Abdul Matin said over 6 lakh people of
Sundarganj, Gaibandha Sadar, Fulchhari and Shaghat upazila had been affected
seriously due to on-going flood creating their untold sufferings.
The DC thanked the authorities of SKS Foundation for standing the flood hit
people of the district with relief materials aimed at mitigating their
sufferings.
Later, DC Abdul Matin formally inaugurated the relief distribution
activity to the 300 flood victims of the union as the chief guest.
Each of them received 15-kg of rice, 2-kg of pulse, 1 kg of salt and 1
litre of soybean oil from the organization.
Director of SKS Foundation Khokon Kumar Kundu, assistant director (AD)
Mahfuzar Rahman, AD Khandakar Zahid Sarwar and assistant coordinator Ashraf
Alam including journalists of print and electronic media were present on the
occasion.
Similar function at the management of SKS Foundation was also held on the
premises of Jubilee Govt. Primary School of the town here this noon.
UNO Uttam Kumar Roy formally distributed relief materials to 200 food hit
families there as the chief guest, said an official of the SKS Foundation.
BSS/CORR/MR/ 1541 hrs