Government has allocated more than 1,750 tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra poor people of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.
District Relief and Rehabilitation office sources said the rice will be distributed to a total of 1,75,111 VGF card holders of all the seven upazilas of the district before Eid-ul- Azha. Each of the
beneficiaries will get 10 KGs of rice.Talking to the BSS deputy commissioner Dr Quazi Anwarul Haque said instructions were given to the UNOs to distribute the rice to the beneficiaries smoothly within very short time. -BSS, Gaibandha
