Rice sale under OMS begins in Gaibandha
BSS
GAIBANDHA: Rice sale under governments Open Market Sale (OMS) began in the district yesterday to help feed the poor at a lower price and to arrest the price hike of rice, reports BSS.
Additional deputy commissioner (General) Muhammad Mizanur Rahman inaugurated the OMS programme here through selling rice to the poor as the chief guest and district marketing officer Moazzem Hossain was present as the special guest.
The function was organized by food department in front of Public Library here with district controller of food M. Amzad Hossain in the chair.
Each of the consumers is allowed to purchase at best 5 kgs of rice from the center and the price of per kg of rice have been fixed at Tk 30, said M Alam Miah, a dealer of the department.
A total of 5 sale centers have been set up in the district town where 5 tonnes of coarse rice would be sold every day, sources said.
On the opening day, many poor men and women were purchasing atta from the outlet standing in long queues.
Talking to the BSS district controller of food M. Amzad Hossain said the programme would continue till starting the harvest of Aman paddy of the current season.
Monitoring and supervising by the officials had been geared up in the district so that any dealers could not sell the OMS atta in black markets, he also said.
