Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Monday said the government will provide compensation to the flood-hit farmers for the damage caused in the agriculture sector during the recent floods in Sylhet.
Nanak came up with the assurance while distributing relief materials among the flood-hit victims at No 42 ward in Sylhet city on Monday.
The Prime Minister has directed to protect the Sylhet residents from flood through dredging the Surma-Kushiara Rivers and she has sent the State Minister for Relief and Disaster Management and State Minister for Water Resources to Sylhet to take all necessary steps to protect the people of Sylhet from floods next year, he said.
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The minister also provided relief materials to the flood-hit victims in Dakkhin Surma upazila.
Prior to that, Nanak performed ziarat at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) in the morning.
He will distribute relief materials among the flood-hit victims in Sunamganj on Tuesday.
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