5 crore collected in DU in 4 days for flood victims.

5 crore collected in DU in 4 days for flood victims.

Staff Correspondent, morenewsbd.com
Staff Correspondent, morenewsbd.com

Published: 11:52 26 August 2024

5 crore 23 lakh 3 thousand 3023 taka has been collected from different booths of Dhaka University in the last four days in the public relief collection program called by the anti-discrimination student movement for the flood victims. Already 50 truckloads of relief have been distributed by the anti-discrimination student movement.

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement gave this information in a press conference at Dhaka University's Central Field on Sunday evening.

In the statement, the anti-discrimination student movement public relief collection program from August 22 to August 25 at TSC of Dhaka University, the amount of money collected from Daksu Cafeteria and Central Field, cash money and mobile banking and other means, the amount of money collected, the expenditure sector, etc.

According to the statement, from August 22 to August 25 at 5 pm, a total of Tk 4,39,01,690 was collected in cash, Tk 62,94,120 through mobile banking, and Tk 21,07,793.68 through banking. It stands at 5,23,03,603.68 taka.

Expenditure Dry food, lunch and dinner, rope, manihari materials, volunteers, vehicles etc. total cost is 30 lakh 12 thousand 970 taka.

Anti-Discrimination Student Movement personally conducts relief activities in the flood-affected districts with the funds collected in the relief activities. A package of dry food and medicine is prepared for a family using materials collected and purchased from Dhaka University TSC.

A truck is filled with 800-1000 such packages and 20-30 cases of water.
More than 50,000 packages were sent by 50 trucks to the flood-affected areas. Out of this, 3,000 packages have been distributed to flood-affected remote areas by helicopter under the supervision of Bangladesh Air Force and cash assistance of Tk 3,96,500 has been given.

Incidentally, the anti-discrimination student movement announced the public relief collection program to deal with the severe floods that occurred in the southern region of the country since August 21 and the resulting humanitarian disaster.

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