The government has already distributed nearly 1,123 tonnes and 620kg of rices among 212,364 card holders in 12 upzilas and 12 municipalities of the district, said the district relief and rehabilitation officer. He requested to the local representatives to distribute cards among the helpless who really need the card to run their daily lives though local representatives ignored the allegation. After taking the rice, card holders went to the traders and had sold it immediately. To stop this tendency of selling the relief rice, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Dhunat upazila has conducted several drives in the upazila and sized a huge amount of rice. Though the upazila officer has warned the traders to stop buying rice from the card holders, people are still selling rice to traders.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 07, 2016 13:18 UTC