Relief by NGOs in dists

They distributed a total of 10.5 tonnes of rice, 4.2 tonnes of potato, 2.5 tonnes salt and 10500 packets of oral saline.

The families included 1600 in Sirajgonj and 900 in Nilphamari district.

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Moulana Abdus Sobhan MP, Chairman of the NGO, its Country Director S M Rasheduzzaman, Sirajgonj Deputy Commissioner Ebadat Ali and social worker Ali Alam were present during the distribution in Belkuchi and Sadar upazilas in Sirajgonj.

Samata, another NGO has chalked out a programme to distribute relief goods among the flood affected people in Pabna, Rajbari and Faridpur district, says a press release.

The NGO already distributed 6,000 kg of flattened rice, 1,500 kg of sugar, 18,000 packets of oral saline (ORS) among 6,000 families in Pabna and 2,200 kg of flattened rice, 550 kg of sugar and 6,600 packets of ORS among 2,200 flood affected families in Rajbari from its own resources.

Anybody or any organisation willing to donate money or relief materials to flood victims, may contact the following offices of the NGO.

Pabna office at Radanagar, Rothkhola, Pabna, Mobile No 0171-856494, 0171-868754, Faridpur office at Khoda Box Road in Goalchamot, Faridpur, Mobile No 0171-892159, Rajbari office at Barapul in Rajbari, Mobile No 0171-428690, Rajshahi office at Kajihata in Rajshahi, Mobile No 0171-435288 and Dhaka office at 9/5 Iqbal Road in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Phone-8121914, 9131058.