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Our Correspondent, Gaibandha

The work of the special 100-day employment generation programme of the Government for the hand core poor and the seasonal unemployed people is going on in full swing in all the eleven unions of Sadullapur Upazila in the district from September 15 last.

The objective of the progrmame is to assist the poor including marginal farmers to overcome the Monga, job crisis and poverty-like situation in the district in the Bangla months of Ashwin and Kartik.

UNO office sources said a total of 478 projects involving Taka 6.23 crore are being implemented in the upazila for rural infrastructure development. The projects include construction and reconstruction of kutcha roads, bridge and culverts, earth filling and excavation and re-excavation of derelict ponds and canals and removing water hyacinth from the water bodies, 41 projects are being implemented at Rasulpur Union, 45 in Naldanga union, 45 in Damondarpur union, 49 in Jamalpur union, 63 in Faridpur union, 39 in Dhaperhat union, 54 in Idilpur union, 35 in Bhatgram union, 36 in Bangram union, 42 in Kamarpara union and 29 in Khordakomorpur union of the upazila. A total of 6230 men and women aged between 18 and 50 years from the poorer section were enlisted to complete the project works of the upazila. Each worker is getting Taka 100 per day as wage.

Deputy Commissioner Abu Muhammad Yousuf visited the project area of Jamudanga Sarkerpara under Damodarpur union of the upazila on October 19 and paid the wages of the labourers on the spot.

UNO Abdul Wahed, upazila project Implementation Officer M Kamrul Ahsan, UP Chairman M Saidur Rahman, project chairman, local elite were present on the occasion.