KHULNA, May 14, 2020 (BSS) – Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque distributed foodstuffs, cash money among 6,445 distressed people as well as mosques’ Imams, Muazzin’s, Khatib and Khadem yesterday as the government continues its efforts to mitigate the destitute people’s sufferings rendered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the morning yesterday, the city mayor distributed relief materials among 300 jobless workers on Kashipur Govt. Primary school premises in Khalispur on behalf of state minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian.
Each of the beneficiaries received a sac containing 7-kg rice, potato, onion, soya-bin oil, pulse, soaps and iodized salt.
Deputy Commissioner Md Helal Hossain, General Secretary of Khulna city Awami League MDA Babul Ranaa and Director of Khulna Divisional Labor Directorate Md. Mizanur Rahman, among others, accompanied the mayor.
Later, KCC mayor distributed relief materials among 581 Imams, Khatib, Muazzins, Khadem, Hafez, Alem-Ulama and mass education teachers on the premises of Islamic Foundation in Khulna as a part of the government’s instant humanitarian support programme.
Khulna Divisional Commissioner Dr. Muhammad Anwar Hossain Howlader, Deputy Commissioner Md Helal Hossain and Divisional Director of Islamic Foundation Shaheen Bin Zaman, were present on the occasion.
In the afternoon, the mayor dispensed 37.38 tonnes of rice, cash Taka 5,56,400 and others relief materials among 5,564 needy, jobless, jute mill workers and destitute people at different ward’s in the city aimed at mitigating their financial hardship amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation by strictly maintaining physical distancing.
Each of the beneficiaries received a sac containing 7-kg rice and Taka 100 for purchasing other essentials as a part of the government’s instant humanitarian support programme.
Meanwhile, Khulna Unnayan Forum (KUF), a social organization, distributed relief materials among 200 destitute families in Daulotpur Pabla area yesterday afternoon amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
President of KUF and Presidium Member of Jatiya Party (JP) Sharif Shafiqul Hamid Chandan and General Secretary of KUF Imam Hasan Bacchu, among others, were present on the occasion.