Bangladesh Desk: Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad
Abdur Razzaque today said none remains out of the purview of humanitarian
assistances and relief programmes as the government is trying hard to reach
the relief goods to all across the country amid the COVID-19 situation. News BSS.
“None is out of the purview of humanitarian assistance and relief
programmes of the government… there is sufficient relief goods. All (people
of the country) will get the assistance in phases,” he said while
distributing relief goods among 300 destitute families maintaining social
distancing properly at Paiska High School playground here.
Urging the people to cooperate the government with patience, Razzaque said,
“This government is people-friendly and public oriented. The government is
always bedside you”.
He asked the people to follow the health rules and government guidelines to
keep them safe from being infected with coronavirus.
The agriculture minister distributed relief goods among more than 300
destitute families at the college playground under the auspices of Dhanbari
Paurasabha Mayor Khandoker Manjurul Islam Tapan.
Later, he exchanged views with the local administration, public
representatives and law enforcement agencies on combating COVID-19, relief
distribution and harvesting paddy at Dhanbari upazila auditorium.
While exchanging views, the agriculture minister urged all to implement the
government’s directives at the field level properly to fight the coronavirus.
Referring to the local public representatives, Razzaque said, “The
government has taken ‘zero tolerance’ policy against relief misappropriation.
No incident of irregularities will be spared”.
Upazila Chairman Harunur Rashid Hira, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Arifa
Siddiqa and Circle ASP Kamran Hossain joined the view exchange meeting, among
others.
Speaking about paddy harvesting, the agriculture minister said a target has
been set up to produce over 2.04 lakh metric tons of Boro rice this year.
Noting that about 55 percent of the total rice production comes from the
Boro crop, he said different agricultural equipments, including about 800
combine harvesters and 400 reapers, at cost of Taka 100 crore, have already
been reached to the farmers while the process is underway to reach same
amount of agricultural equipments to the farmers soon at cost of more Taka
100 crore.
Later, Razzaque distributed relief items among 2,500 destitute families as
humanitarian assistance at Madhupur upazila in the district this afternoon.
