GAIBANDHA, April 16, 2023(BSS) - The government has allocated 3,385 tonnes of
rice for the distressed and ultra-poor people of the district on 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 3,38,560 VGF card holders of all the seven upazilas
including four pourashavas in the district before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Of the total, 26, 212 cards are allocated for Fulchhari upazila, 71,256 for
Sundarganj upazila, 40,475 for Shaghata upazila, 66,529 for Gobindaganj
upazila, 41,116 for Sadullapur upazila, 57, 946 for Sadar upazila and 34,526
for Palashbari upazila of the district.

Apart from it, 4,621 cards are allocated for Gaibandha Pourashava and
Gobindaganj Pourashavas each, 3,081cards for Sundarganj Pourashava, and 1,540
cards for Palashbari upazila of the district, sources said.

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 assistant commissioner and acting
district relief and rehabilitation officer Md Juwel Miah,

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Oliur Rahman told BSS 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 Alam and PIO Anisur Rahman 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.

Rice is also being distributed to the distressed of other six upazilas of the
district properly, sources said.