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DSCC provides foods to 611 houses responding phone-calls
DHAKA, April 4, 2020 (BSS) – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has reached out foods to 611 houses responding to phone calls at its hotline in the last 24-hours as the nationwide lockdown declared to enforce ‘stay at home’ rules pushed low-income group people in trouble apparently.
Talking to journalists, DSCC mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon said many people did not want to stand in queue to collect the foods that is why the arrangement was made to reach out foods to doorsteps of people in a limited scale.
DSCC has opened a control room in this regard. Control room numbers are 01709-900703, 01709-900704.
The mayor also urged riches to extend helping hands to stand by low income group people and wage earners.
Khokon said if any citizen of DSCC contacts to the hotline numbers for food, a team comprising of ward councilors and regional nirbahi officer will continue to help reach out foods to his or her doorsteps.
Besides, Dhaka City South Awami League also distributed relief goods among 300 poor and destitute people in the DSCC areas.
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