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8.4 million families to get family and farmer cards this year: State Minister for Water Resources

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8.4 million families to get family and farmer cards this year: State Minister for Water Resources
State Minister for Water Resources Farhad Hossain Azad said that 4.1 million families will be given family cards and 4.3 million families farmer cards in the country this year. He said this while speaking as chief guest at a discussion meeting organized on the occasion of the 48th founding anniversary of Upazila Jubo Dal at Bijoy Chattar in Debiganj, Panchagarh at noon on Friday (30 October).

The state minister said, according to Prime Minister Tarek Rahman's promise, a survey has already begun to provide cards in various unions of Debiganj. Alongside, imams and muezzins of 13 mosques and priests and servants of 5 temples in each union will be brought under government allowances, which will gradually be expanded to all religious institutions. Besides, to make the country self-sufficient in food, the government has taken an initiative to re-excavate 20,000 kilometers of rivers, water bodies and canals.

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Regarding employment, Farhad Hossain Azad said, feasibility study is underway to implement a solar, green and food processing zone on about 200 acres of khas land beside the Karatoya River in Debiganj. If implemented, it will create extensive employment opportunities for local youth by 2027. Local BNP leaders were present at the meeting presided over by Mushfiqur Rahman Raju, convener of Debiganj Upazila Jubo Dal.

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