UDMC meeting held in Phulchari

A special meeting for the members of Gaibandha’s Phulchari Upazila Disaster Management Committee (UDMC) was held at the conference room of the upazila parishad Saturday morning.

The meeting was arranged to help the victims for reducing their sufferings and losses caused by seasonal floods and cyclones.

Presided over by Phulchari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Anisur Rahman, the meeting was addressed among others by Upazila Chairman GM Salim Pervez, Upazila Project Implementation Officer Shahiduzzaman Shameem, Upazila Rural Development Officer Sohel Rana, Kanchipara Union Parishad Chairman Sohel Rana Salu, Phulchari Union Parishad Chairman Azharul Hannan and Gozaria Union Parishad Chairman Golam Mostafa Kamal Pasha.

The speakers in their speeches said as the river Brahmaputra, one of the mighty rivers of the country, has flown through the upazila, the people of the chars and river basin people of upazila face seasonal floods every year and for this, they suffered a lot.

If early preparedness is taken and the affected people are made aware of the flood, the extent of suffering and losses caused by the floods would reduce significantly, they commented.

After elaborate discussion, various preparations were taken to face the seasonal floods in a bid to reduce the losses of life and properties.