RANGPUR, Jan 6, 2021 (BSS) – The government already distributed three lakh pieces of blankets among cold-stricken poor, distressed, disabled and transgender people in Rangpur division.
Officials said the blankets and other warm clothes are being distributed in brief functions arranged abiding by the health directives in the division in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
So far, the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund has allocated over 2.76 lakh pieces of blankets for distribution among cold-hit people of all eight districts in Rangpur division.
Besides, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has allocated Taka 5-lakh for each district administration and Taka 6-lakh for each upazila administration in addition to allocations for municipalities to purchase blankets and warm clothes for the purpose.
In Rangpur, distribution of 51,600 pieces of blankets allocated by the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund was completed among cold-stricken poor and distressed people to mitigate their sufferings across the district.
The Divisional Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, Upazila Nirbahi Officers, mayors of different municipalities, upazila and union chairmen and public representatives are continuing distribution of the blankets and warm clothes.
“Meanwhile, 460 pieces of blankets, allocated by the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, were distributed among cold-stricken people in each union of all 58 upazilas of the division,” Divisional Commissioner Abdul Wahhab Bhuiyan told BSS today.
He said the government would continue distribution of blankets among cold-hit people of all eight districts in Rangpur division throughout the winter season to stand beside them and mitigate their sufferings.
During the past couple of days, the Divisional Commissioner distributed blankets among cold-hit poor and distressed people of erstwhile Dashiarchhara enclave in Kurigram and former Garati enclave in Panchagarh districts and other places of the division.
While distributing blankets and other warm clothes, he called upon common people to wear masks and properly abide by the health directives for safety of their own and others and to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 virus.