DHAKA, May 6, 2020 (BSS) – State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder today said the government has ensured food security for all during the COVID-19 crisis.
“In the coronavirus crisis, the government is providing food support to the lower class people as well as the middle class,” he said while distributing daily necessaries and sanitizer at Mirpur area in the city, according to a press release.
Kamal Mojumder distributed the essential commodities and hand sanitizer among the 200 families at Mirpur area.
Each family received 10 kg rice, 2 kg pulse, 2 kg potato, one piece of soap and a tube of hand sanitizer.
In his speech, Kamal Mojumder said under the intensive supervision of the government, the Boro paddy harvesting in haor areas has already been completed.
At present, the country has sufficient stocks of paddy and other food grains, he added.