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BSS-02
SAVINGS-MONEY-DISTRIBUTION
Gaibandha female workers receive TK. 1.12 crore savings
GAIBANDHA, Aug 05, 2018 (BSS)-A total of 150 female workers in Sundarganj
upazila of the district have got their savings over Taka 1.12 crore earned
from the Rural Employment and Road Maintenance Programme (RERMP) in the last
four years.
Local lawmaker Barrister Shamim Haider Patwari formally distributed the
cheques for the savings to the beneficiary women at a function held in the
conference room of the upazila administration as the chief guest.
Sources concerned said Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
implemented programme in all the 15 unions of the upazila from July 2014 to
June 2018 with the fund provided by the government.
The objective of the programme was to alleviate poverty of the widow,
divorced and distressed women through engaging themselves in income
generating activities side by side with the development of the rural
infrastructures.
Each of the female workers employed under the project received Taka 150 as
daily wage.
Of the amount, Taka 100 was given to the beneficiary woman in cash and the
rest money deposited with a joint account of the beneficiary and the
executive engineer of LGED.
In this way, the savings of every beneficiary stood at Taka 72,000 in last
four years.
On completion of the project, the officials of LGED took necessary measures
to disburse the deposited savings among the beneficiaries.
LGED officials, public representatives, political leaders and journalists
were present in the function.
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