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FOOD-DISTRIBUTION-KHULNA (with picture)
KCC mayor distributes foodstuffs, money among 1,284 destitute people
KHULNA, May 16, 2020 (BSS) – Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque distributed foodstuffs, cash money among 1,284 needy, jobless and destitute people yesterday afternoon as the government continues its efforts to mitigate the poor people’s sufferings rendered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The mayor dispensed 225 maunds of rice, cash Taka 1,28,400 and others relief materials among them 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.
General Secretary of Khulna city Awami League MDA Babul Rana, word councillor’s, accompanied the mayor.
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