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BSS, Netrakona

The programme for dis-tribution of subsidy money on diesel to the small and marginal farmers of the district was started on Tuesday under the supervision of Dstrict Aministration and Ariculture Etension Dpartment.

Agriculture and Water Resources Advisor Dr. CS Karim formally inaugurated the programme at Takurakona Rahimuddin High School playground by distributing subsidy money among the 50 small and marginal farmers.

Deputy Commissioner Netrakona Aiyatullah Majumder, Director General of Water Development Board Mujadde AI Faruk, Director of Agriculture Extension Department DR Sahidul Islam, Deputy Director of Agriculture Extension Department Netrakona Aminur Rahman and Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Netrakona Sadar Nurul Alam, local elite, newsmen and a large number of farmers were present at the inaugural function.

Inaugurating the subsidy money distribution programme, the agriculture adviser DR CS Karim called upon the farmers to grow more food by bringing every inch of fallow lands under cultivation to help the country attaining self-sufficiency in food.

He hoped that the bumper Boro production in the current season would help the farmers to make up their losses caused by the last year's floods and SIDR side by side meeting the country's food shortage.

Later, the agriculture adviser DR CS Karim attended a farmers rally at Chesrakhaki Bazer in Mahanganj Upazila of the district.