Post-flood rehab scheme for greater Rangpur
Different government, non-government and donor organisations, with the help of armed forces, have have undertaken a massive post-flood relief, agro-rehabilitation and healthcare programme for greater Rangpur districts, official news agency, BSS said.
At the same time, the government has allocated adequate money for each flood-affected district to help small and marginal farmers to make the upcoming Rabi crop farming successful and recoup the losses they incurred by the recent flood, officials said.
They said the organisations have stepped up their efforts for distributing relief goods, oral saline and providing healthcare services to mitigate the sufferings of the affected people.
Besides, voluntary organisations, affluent people, business community, financial and educational institutions, professional groups side by side with the NGOs and donor agencies including WFP, UNICEF, Oxfam-GB, Save the Children and CARE-Bangladesh have intensified their relief and rehabilitation operation.
The government departments are taking preparations for reconstruction and repair of the damaged infrastructures including bridges, embankments, educational institutions, dams, culverts and roads from October, officials said.
Distribution of T-Aman seedlings and crop seeds by the Armed Forces, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) and a number of NGOs are going on.
The government has allocated a sum of Tk 45.48 lakh for Rangpur alone to provide each small and marginal farmer with necessary seeds, fertiliser, pesticides and other agro-inputs free of cost.
Our Netrakona Correspondent reports: Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Ikram Ahmed yesterday morning visited the flood affected areas of K-gati union in Netrakona Sadar upazila.
He distributed relief materials among the flood affected people at K-gati Bazar.
Netrakona Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ayat Ullah Majumder, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sakwat Hossain, Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Nurul Alam and local journalists accompanied him.
Later, the divisional commissioner inaugurated the Deputy Commissioner's Football Tournament-2007 at Netrakona Stadium in the afternoon.
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