People suffer as govt relief inadequate: Fakhrul

Flood victims across the country are suffering as the government has failed to provide sufficient relief materials, alleged BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.

The BNP leader said this while distributing relief supplies at Parulia village in Teesta shoal of Lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha upazila.

“Unlike BNP, the ruling party never thinks about people,” he said. “We are yet to get a fair deal out of the Teesta issue. The river has become sorrow of people living in shoal areas.”

“Teesta inundates the areas during monsoon but locals don’t get water for irrigation during dry season, when it is essential,” Fakhrul said. “We are uniting people across the country against this illegal government,” he added.

Yesterday, BNP distributed relief materials among 2,000 flood victims. Each family was given supplies including 8kg rice, 5kg potatoes, 2kg lentil, 2kg salt, one litre cooking oil, 500g sugar, one kg chira (flattened rice) and three packs each of biscuits and saline.

During the relief distribution, BNP permanent committee member and relief coordinator Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku; joint secretary Alal Hossain; executive committee member Hasan Rajib Prodhan; organising secretary (Rangpur) and Lalmonirhat district president Asadul Habib Dulu; and BNP central leaders and members were also present.