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