As many as 9,500 flood-hit families of four districts-- Gaibandha, Kurigram, Sirajganj and Jamalpur-- got cash assistance of Taka 1.51 crore from United Nations Fund for Population, formerly known as United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), on Sunday. According to Bangladesh Water Development Board, chars located in the eastern side and wester-side river basins of the Jamuna river have been flooded due to incessant rain and hilly waters from the upstream of India. As a result, hundreds of people living in chars and river basins have been marooned and their sorrows knew no bounds. To help the flood victims, UNFPA and its partner organisation Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) stood beside them and distributed dignity kits (16 kinds) to the flood-affected families under the four districts for mitigating their sufferings. Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
