Satkhira people stage demonstrations for relief

Around 1000 people, who have become jobless amid the ongoing shutdown due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus, staged demonstrations in front of Satkhira Medical College Hospital in the town on Thursday demanding relief.

The residents of Bakal Islampur Char area gathered in front of the hospital in the morning and staged demonstrations demanding relief, reports news agency UNB.

Communist Party Bangladesh’s Satkhira district unit general secretary Abul Hossain, Khet Majur Samity’s district unit president Year Ali, local Awami League leader Ashraful Alam and Masum Billah led the demonstrations.

Abul Hossain said that there are around 5,000 people in the area but they have not received any relief. Though local ward councillor Shahidul Islam was informed several times no initiative has been taken until now, he added.

The ward councillor, however, claimed that they have given Tk 1,500 among 200 families each in the area and VGF rice cards were given to 200 people.

Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Satkhira police station, said that on information about the demonstration a team of police went there and brought the situation under control assuring the people of providing relief items.