VGF rice allocated for the distressed in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA, July 5 (BSS): The government has allocated one thousand and 599.11 tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra poor of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.

District relief and rehabilitation office source said the rice would be distributed to a total of 1, 59,911 VGF card holders of all the seven upazilas including three pourasabhas in the district before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Of the total, 26171 cards were allocated for Fulchhari Upazila, 25,216 for Sundarganj Upazila, 15,111 for Shaghata Upazila, 31242 for Gobindaganj Upazila, 15,712 for Sadullapur Upazila, 28,297 for Sadar Upazila and 13, 310 for Palashbari Upazila of the district. Each of the beneficiaries would get 10 kgs of rice so that they could celebrate the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals for the Muslims, without food crisis, said district relief and rehabilitation officer M. Habibur Rahman.

Deputy commissioner M. Abdus Samad told the news agency that said instructions were given to the upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) along with project implementation officers (PIOs) to distribute the rice to the beneficiaries smoothly within very short time.

Sadar UNO Ashraful Momin Khan and PIO Mofakkharul Islam said as per the directives of the DC necessary measures were taken to distribute the VGF rice to the beneficiaries of the upazila before Eid festival without any criticism.