DHAKA, Oct 10, 2024 (BSS) - The social welfare ministry has set up control 
rooms in each district and division along with a central one in the capital 
to supervise and monitor the social activities being carried out by the 
officials under the ministry in Puja mandaps across the country.

"A total of 84 thousand people of both the women and child ministry and 
social welfare ministry have been performing social responsibilities 
countrywide in Puja mandaps while the monitoring reports are being submitted 
to the control rooms," said a press release.

Among the employees, 11,128 skilled and trained officials from 1,089 offices 
of the social welfare ministry have been performing their responsibilities 
sincerely.

Besides the ministry's division and district level officials, 70 thousand 
voluntary organisations have been working spontaneously in the countrywide 
Puja mandaps.

From October 4, the officials and employees of social welfare officials have 
been performing social duties as volunteers in the Puja mandaps countrywide 
which will continue until October 13, the release added.

Each official is performing duties per day for eight hours as roster based 
duty assigned for the employees following ministry directives to ensure 24/7 
duties in the puja mandap scrapping the holidays.

The officials and employees of National Foundation for Development of the 
Disabled Persons, Bangladesh National Social Welfare Council, Sheikh Zayed 
Bin Sultan Al Nahiyan Trust, Physically Disabled Protection Trust, Neuro-
Developmental Disabilities Protection Trust and Bangladesh Rehabilitation 
Council have also been performing social activities across the country.