1,000 challenged people get blankets in Rajshahi

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RAJSHAHI, Jan 18, 2021 (BSS) – Some 1,000 persons with special needs were given blankets to lessen their sufferings being caused by the sweeping cold weather at present in the city.

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) authority distributed the warm clothes on the Maskatadighi High School premises under Katakhali Police Station in the outskirts of the city on Sunday.

RMP Commissioner Abu Kalam Siddique accompanied by Katakhali Pourasabha Mayor Abbash Ali and RMP Deputy Commissioners Saiful Islam and Bibhuti Bhushan Banarjee distributed the supports.

Meanwhile, the RMP has taken the decision of distributing 3,000 blankets among around 3,000 low-income and underprivileged people in the metropolis in the current winter season to lessen their sufferings caused by severe cold.