Rangpur: Rangpur District Council has provided food assistance to 300 unemployed and distressed families affected by river erosion living on the banks of the river Teesta in Kawnia upazila of Rangpur. Rangpur District Council Administrator and District BNP Convener Md Saiful Islam distributed food assistance as chief guest at a function organized in the area adjacent to Teesta Rail Bridge in Kawnia upazila on Saturday afternoon.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, while distributing food assistance, District Council Administrator Md Saiful Islam stated that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is working to improve the living standards of the people and has taken initiatives to implement the Teesta Master Plan. He emphasized that the incumbent government is supporting those who lost their land and properties due to Teesta river erosion by providing food assistance to help the unemployed and distressed people of this region.
Md Saiful Islam also alleged that various conspiracies are underway to disrupt the government's developmental activities. He urged everyone to unite to resist these anti-national conspiracies.
Present at the event were Kawnia Upazila Project Implementation Officer Md Mesbahur Rahman, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Ankan Paul, and District BNP senior member Fazlur Rahman Badal, among others.