Ctg admin in aid of the destitute

The Chattogram district administration and metropolitan police distributed relief materials to 480 poor and low-income families yesterday.

The families were severely hit by a 10-day countrywide shutdown enforced by the government on Thursday to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

The Chattogram district administration and metropolitan police have been distributing relief materials in different parts of the district since Saturday.

Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Elias Hossain, along with his team, yesterday visited some houses who returned from abroad and are in home quarantine at Khulshi, one of the posh areas in the port city.

Masudur Rahman, assistant commissioner of Chattogram district administration, said DC Elias distributed the relief materials, including rice, lentil, salt, and other grocery items, among poor and low-income people in the city's Muhuripara area.

"In Muhuripara area, around 280 families were given a packet of 10kg rice, one kg lentil, one kg salt, one litre edible oil, and half kg noodles, maintaining social distance," he added.

Masudur said after distributing the food items, DC Elias went to Khulshi area to see the present situation of some foreign returnees, who are now quarantined at home.

According to the DC office, 70 foreign returnees are now kept in home quarantine in Khulshi area. Some 947 foreign returnees are in home quarantine in the port city and different upazilas of the district.

Meanwhile, the CMP's north zone also distributed food times among the poor yesterday.

Ashikur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner (admin) of the north zone, told The Daily Star that wearing Personal Protective Equipment, police distributed food items to 200 families who live from hand to mouth in the city's GEC, Prabartak, Khulshi, and its adjacent areas.

He added that they would provide the relief aid to another 250 such families.

Apart from that, different persons and organisations are helping the poor across the city.