7.73 lakh families get rice at Tk 10 per kg in Rajshahi

In excess of 7.73 lakh extraordinary poor families in each of the eight regions under Rajshahi division have begun getting rice at a rate of Taka 10 for every kilogram (kg) since Sunday last. 

The chose card holders will get 30 kilograms of rice in consistently through town apportion merchants at a rate of Taka 10 for every kg under the 'Sustenance Friendly Program for the Ultra Poor. 

Essential number of town proportion merchants has just been selected at all associations of the division to offer the rice, said Md Muniruzzaman, Regional Controller of Food in Rajshahi, while conversing with BSS here on Monday. "We will appropriate 2.31 lakh metric huge amounts of rice through 1,329 merchants," he included. 

The administration needs to give sustenance support to the extraordinary poor families amid the emergency time frame so they don't languish over nourishment emergency. In the meantime, the administration's race promise to diminish rice cost at Taka 10 for every kg can be satisfied with the choice, he included. 

For each 500 families, a town proportion merchant has been named for conveying the rice easily while the dowagers and physically tested individuals will get need in the program. 

The sustenance controller additionally said the rice offering program at Taka 10 for every kg will proceed for two months of March to April. 

The months have been chosen in perspective of non-accessibility of work for the day-workers, he included. 

All the while, Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice and flour has additionally been propelled wherever in the division. Nearly 108 merchants incorporating 30 in Rajshahi are offering the products. 

He, be that as it may, pledged to take correctional measures against the individuals who will take part in any inconsistencies amid the program. 

Official of Rajshahi division Nur-Ur-Rahman respected the administration choice for furnishing poor families the nation over with apportion card under social security net plan. 

He trusted that the activity will decrease showcase cost of rice and flour.