BHOLA, – A total of 1,30,438 poor and distressed families will get 1956.57 tonnes of rice under special Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) Programme to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festivity.

Officials of the district Relief and Rehabilitation said the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has allocated the rice for distribution to the poor and distressed families in all seven upazilas and five Pourashavas in the district.

“The upazila administrations with assistance of local public
representatives and union level committees are preparing to distribute the rice to listed VGF card holder families,” said District Relief and Rehabilitation officer ABM Akram Hossain.

Each of the selected beneficiary families will get 15 kg VGF rice in all 68 unions under seven upazilas and five Pourashavas in the district.

The distribution process will be completed before the Eid-ul-Azha festivity.

Under the programme, 30,287 VGF card holder families in Sadar upazila, 10,923 families in Borhanuddin upazila, 8,796 families in Daulatkhan upazila, 19,959 families in Lalmohan upazila, 6,842 families in Tazumuddin upazila, 27,830 families in Char Fasson Upazila and 4,236 families in Manpura upazila.

Besides, 323.4755 tonnes of rice will be distributed to 21,565 VGF card holder families in five Pourashavas in the district, sources said.