83,944 families to get rice at Tk 10 per kg
BSS
KHULNA: About 83,944 extremely poor families of southern Khulna under nine Upazillas would get the rice at a rate of Tk 10 per kilogram (kg) from first week of October 2016, reports BSS.
The selected card holders will get 30 kilograms of rice in every month through village ration dealers at a rate of Tk 10 per kg under the Food Friendly Programme for the Ultra Poor.
A total of 127 village ration dealers already have been appointed at 68 unions under nine Upazilas in Khulna to sell the rice, District Controller of Food Mahbubur Rahman Khan yesterday told BSS. For every 500 families, a village ration dealer has been appointed for distributing the rice smoothly while the widows and physically challenged people will get priority in the programme.
The Food DC also said the rice selling programme at Tk 10 per kg will continue for five months which includes the months of September, October, November and March to April in each year. The months have been selected in view of non-availability of work for the day-labourers, he added.
