As part of government’s initiative, the district administration on Sunday began distributing food items among low-income people.
At one stage, Deputy Commissioner Md Mamunur Rashid took sacks of relief on his shoulder and carried those to the houses of helpless people at ‘Jele Palli’ of Mollahat upazila.
Contacted, the DC said Tk 10 lakh in cash and 100 metric tons of rice were allocated for the district. “We began providing low-income people with various food items on Sunday,” he added.
Each sack contains 10 kg rice, 1 kg lentil, potato, salt, edible oil, soap and other daily necessary items.
Apart from these, MP from Bagerhat-1 constituency Sheikh Helal Uddin distributed food items among 3,000 poor families in Fakirhat and Mollahat upazilas.