KHULNA, May 04, 2020 (BSS) -A total of 560 jobless bus drivers and helpers got foodstuffs to minimize the present adverse impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the district.
Mayor of Khulna City Corporation Talukder Abdul Khaleque distributed 112 maunds of rice and others relief materials among them on the premises of Divisional Labour Directorate yesterday afternoon as a part of the government’s instant humanitarian support programme.
Each of the beneficiaries received a sac containing 8-kg rice, potato, onion, soya-bin oil, pulse, soaps and iodized salt to mitigate the livelihood related hardship amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.
General Secretary of Khulna City Awami League MDA Babul Rana, Director of Khulna Divisional Labour Directorate Md. Mizanur Rahman, among others, accompanied the mayor at that time.