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The national helpline 333 has been boon for poor people as it is getting popularity among the masses for food service across the country, especially in district level.
Scores of distressed people are taking assistance from the national helpline, terming the service as savior one as they are receiving quick response from it.
Driver Sohel of Bishwanat area fell into food crisis in the month of May last year due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Her wife dialed the number 333 during the countrywide lockdown. After receiving information and scrutiny, local upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) reached relief items to Sohel’s house at Purbo Chandshir Kapan village.
The UNO himself handed over them the relief items that included 10-KG of rice, 2-KG pulses, 5-KG potatoes, 2-liter oil and one piece soap.
Locals got the information from different mass media, prompting many people to dial the national helpline for food assistance. UNO Suman Chandra Das said, “So far, about 500 people of the upazila dialed the number for food assistance. Of them, 400 people, who are actually needy, have got food aid.”
Many people including labours became jobless from the very beginning of the outbreak of the pandemic. Lower-income people plunged into trouble as many of them lost jobs and faced food crisis. Just at that moment, the national helpline ‘333’ emerged as savior for them.
