KHULNA, April 15, 2020 (BSS) – Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque has distributed food items among 4,200 destitute families aimed at mitigating their financial hardship being caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.
Each family received a sac containing 10-kg of rice, 2-kg of potato, one kg each of onion, edible oil and pulse, two pieces of soaps and 500-gram of iodized salt.
The city mayor distributed food aid among poor families in different ward’s in city yesterday evening by strictly maintaining physical distancing to stand beside them amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.
General Secretary of City Awami League (AL) MDA Babul Rana and ward councilors accompanied him at that time.
KCC mayor urged the common people not to become panicked, but properly maintain physical distancing, remain at home and abide by the health directives of the government to effectively prevent community transmission of COVID-19 infection
Besides, Khulna divisional administration, district administration, Khulna City Corporation, Bangladesh Navy Khulna region, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), Coast Guard Khulna, local Awami League (AL) leaders, socio-cultural activists as well as non-government and volunteer organisations continue distributing essential foods among the needy, jobless, destitute and poor people to mitigate the hardship caused by the outbreak of corona virus.