Kamal places eight-point proposal for post-flood rehabilitation

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Gonoforum President Kamal Hossain has put forward eight recommendations to tackle the ongoing flooding in the country.
"There must be increased coordination in the flood relief efforts. Politics must be kept at bay," Kamal told reporters in the city Monday, reports bdnews24.com.
"A healthy country can only be built by removing the factors that erode our shared societal values."
He went on to make specific demands that he argued would ease the plight of flood-hit people. Kamal Hossain said it is now vital to supply farmers with adequate seeds and paddy saplings on an emergency basis.
Subsistence farmers should be supplied these seeds for free with immediate attention being given to preparing seed beds in flood-free areas.
The Gonoforum president added that loans should be provided for farmers on easy terms with deferred payments in both the government and private sectors.
He suggested that an ensured source of fertiliser was essential to the rebuilding process.
Kamal Hossain also added that the introduction of a food for work programme for wheat and winter vegetables was an increasingly viable option.
"Steps must be taken to supply clean water especially when one considers the upcoming dry season in October.
"Two sets of laws cannot exist in the same country. No politics in the name of relief work can ever be accepted," he added.