MANIKGANJ, Dec 23, 2019 (BSS) Government has allocated 30820 blankets for distribution among the poor people stricken with cold for reducing their sufferings as the temperature has declined in all seven Upazilas of the district.
District Relief and Rehabilitation Office sources said district
administration already decided to distribute the blankets among the
suffers and making the lists of the cold stricken victims for proper distribution.
Each of 65 unions and 2 municipalities of the district will get 460 blankets. The sources said more than 22,000 blankets have already been sent to the upazilas of the district for distribution.
The unions and upazila level authorities are making lists of poor cold
victims on the priority basis, the sources said. The distribution of blankets will get started as soon as the lists are completed, the sources added.