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Staff Reporter

Two policymakers of the Caretaker Government yesterday brushed aside the possibility of any food crisis and famine, due to food-grains losses cause by two floods and the severe cyclone, in the country.

"There is neither any possibility of food crisis nor famine in the country, as we have enough food stock to feed people till March next year," Finance Adviser Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam told journalists after a meeting of the Purchase Committee in the Secretariat yesterday.

"The food stock situation is far better this year than that of the last year," he asserted.

Talking to journalists, separately Adviser for Food and Disaster Management Tapan Chowdhury said the country has 7,50,000 metric tons of food stock as a result there would be no problem to address the needs of the people.

"We will go for a massive food import immediately," he said, when his attention was drawn to an estimate made by the CPD that the two floods destroyed 10 lakh metric tons of food-grains while the cyclone SIDR destroyed another 10 lakh metric tones.

Adviser Tapan Chowdhury said, "There is no possibility of a food crisis, as we have enough stock."

"Besides, we are hopeful that the international donors will positively consider the Government's request for providing five lakh tons of food aid," he added.