938 Puja ‘mandaps’ get 469 tonnes rice

Rangpur: The government has allocated 469 tonnes rice for distribution among 938 Puja mandaps to assist the Sanaton community to celebrate their upcoming greatest religious festival Durga Puja in Rangpur, reports BSS. “The district administration with assistance of the upazila administrations and local units of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad (BPUP) is distributing the rice among the mandaps authorities,” said Acting District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer (DRRO) Abul Hayat.

Earlier, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief allocated 500 kilogram special general relief rice for each of the 938 Puja mandaps in Rangpur city, three municipalities and eights upazilas of the district.

Under the programme, 83 tonnes of the general relief rice is being distributed among the authorities of 166 Puja mandaps in Rangpur city corporation area and 47 tonnes of rice among 94 Puja mandaps in Sadar upazila.

 

938 Puja mandaps get 469 tonnes rice

Rangpur: The government has allocated 469 tonnes rice for distribution among 938 Puja mandaps to assist the Sanaton community to celebrate their upcoming greatest religious festival Durga Puja in Rangpur, reports BSS. The district administration with assistance of the upazila administrations and local units of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad (BPUP) is distributing the rice among the mandaps authorities, said Acting District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer (DRRO) Abul Hayat. Earlier, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief allocated 500 kilogram special general relief rice for each of the 938 Puja mandaps in Rangpur city, three municipalities and eights upazilas of the district. Under the programme, 83 tonnes of the general relief rice is being distributed among the authorities of 166 Puja mandaps in Rangpur city corporation area and 47 tonnes of rice among 94 Puja mandaps in Sadar upazila.