RAJSHAHI, May 3, 2021 (BSS)- Around 20,000 poor, helpless, distressed and other less-incoming and rootless people will get humanitarian aid to mark the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr in Rajshahi city.
Each of them will be given a food package containing eight kilograms of rice, one kilogram of aromatic rice, two kilograms of pulse, one liter of edible oil, one kilogram of sugar and one packet of vermicelli.
With the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the underprivileged people will be given the food support on behalf of Shaheed Kamaruzzaman and Jahanara Zaman Foundation.
Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, who is the elder son of Shaheed AHM Kamaruzzaman and Jahanara Zaman, revealed this while inaugurating the food support distribution at PTI playground in the city today.
On the occasion, 1,200 people received the foodstuffs through maintaining social distancing and other health rules to limit the Covid-19 spread.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Liton said they are extending food assistance and cash support to the jobless and other hard-hit people since the pandemic began continuously.
He urged all other development and volunteer organizations to stand beside the jobless people to reduce their financial hardships being caused by the pandemic.