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GAIBANDHA, MAR 18, 2025 (BSS) - The government has allocated three thousand and 385 metric tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra-poor 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 cardholders 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 ShaghataUpazila, 66529 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, 4621 cards are allocated for Gaibandha Pourashava and Gobindaganj Pourashavas each, 3081cards for Sundarganj Pourashava, and 1540 cards for Palashbariupazila 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) Choudhury Muazzam Ahmed told BSS that 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 Mahmud Al-Hasan and PIO Md Reazul 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.
Sundarganj PIO Mashiar Rahman said distribution of VGF rice is going on in full swing in the upazila in presence of union tag officer and local elite.
