Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), district unit, has taken up a program to disburse cash grant of Taka 80.40 lakh among 2010 flood affected families of Gaibandha district very soon to mitigate their sufferings. The people of Kapasia, Bharatkhali, Horirampur and Mohimaganthe unions were seriously affected by the flood and their sorrows knew no bounds. Many of them took shelter on nearby embankments leaving their houses and passed their days with hardships.
Cash grant of Tk 22.80 lakh would be distributed to 570 flood victims of Kapasia union under Sundarganj upazila, Tk 20.80 lakh to 520 victims of Bharatkhali union under Shaghata upazila, Tk 18.40 lakh to Horirampur and Mohim-aganj unions each.
-AA Correspondent, Gaibandha