The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Awami League presidium member and Chairman of relief coordination committee of the party Abdur Razzak on Thursday urged the Government to provide the farmers with necessary agricultural inputs and farm loan immediately for the cultivation of winter crops.He also urged the NGOs to waive the farm loans and give fresh loans to the farmers, as they are helpless after the devastating Sidr.

He was speaking at a press briefing at the Party's head office at Bangabandhu Avenue after Awami Shilpi Goshty contributed in its relief fund by.

The cultural win of the party contributed with medicine, saline and dry food.

The Awami League leader reiterate their demand of releasing the detained party chief saying, "If our leader Sheikh Hasina were among us she would coordinate us efficiently as she did in the devastating flood of 1998."

Razzak said, the government should immediately rebuild the educational institutions, which were damaged by the cyclone and distribute books among the students, as December is the month of examination and January start of a new academic session.

He also urged the Government to distribute relief among the right people who needs it most in the right time.

The Awami League presidium member urged all leaders and activists to work in the relief programme until the victims get rehabilitated.

He also urged them to coordinate with the foreign people who are working in the coastal districts in relief programmes.

Razzak said, "Awami League always stood beside the disaster victims in the country, which our leader Bangabandhu Shiekh Mujibur Rahman gave us."

He said AL had already distributed Tk 50 Lakhs among the cyclone victim and would continue relief works until all victims were rehabilitated.

"The distinctive point of the relief work this time that we collected all the relief materials contribution of our leaders we did not go to the businessmen and every associate unit including the foreign units are engaged in relief programme," he said.

Earlier President of Awami Shilpi Goshty Salah Uddin Badal handed over the relief items to Abdur Razzak.

Leaders of the cultural wing of the party were present at the briefing.