Jamalpur: Participants at a monthly development coordination meeting stressed the safety of home coming people on roads and river routes during Eid-ul-Azha vacation. They also laid emphasis on waste management of sacrificial animals and preservation of hides on Eid day.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Yusuf Ali, while presiding over the meeting at his conference room, directed the Upazila Nirbahi Officers and police to monitor and ensure the safe journey of the people. He also instructed proper preservation of sacrificial hides so that traders get fair prices and no hide is spoiled.
In the meeting, the Civil Surgeon mentioned that anti-venom and rabies vaccines are available in district and Upazila level hospitals. “Now no snake bite patient will have to be referred elsewhere, and the health department has successfully completed the Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign in the district,” he informed the meeting.
Civil Surgeon Dr. Mohammad Azizul Haque, Additional Superintendent of Police Yahia Al Mahmud, Jamalpur Municipality Administrator Mousumi Khanam, Assistant Director of Jamalpur 250-bed hospital Dr. Muhammad Mahfujur Rahman, and Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension Mohammad Alam Sharif Khan were among those who spoke at the meeting.