Widow's allowance suspended for 9 months in Chilmari
Chilmari (Kurigram) Correspondent
For the last 9 months, a helpless widow has been roaming from door to door at the social service office.
The incident happened with a widow's allowance beneficiary from Chilmari Upazila of Kurigram. However, the Upazila Social Service Officer has assured that she will receive the allowance from next month. Questions have been raised about the outstanding five months of this year's money.
The name of the beneficiary is Ms. Golapi Begum (she is the wife of the deceased Jelal of Charuapara Patwari area of Raniganj Union of the upazila. Her allowance card number is 1543.
It is lrarnt that she had been receiving widow's allowance regularly since 2014. But the allowance has suddenly stopped since February of this year. It has been alleged that at various times, the officials concerned of the Social Service Office change the names of widow and elderly allowances at will in exchange for bribes. Due to this, the beneficiaries have to face extreme suffering at various times. The beneficiaries have complained that they have to live in great hardship with their families after not receiving the due amount of allowance for months.
The beneficiary, the pink widow, said that suddenly she has not been receiving the allowance for 9 months. She has been deprived of a total of 4,500 taka in three installments. However, the only support for the widow was this widow's allowance.
At this time, he added with tearful eyes, "I can't do anything with this allowance, my father, they have stopped this allowance, I am in great pain."
Chilmari Upazila Social Service Officer Nazmul Hasan said that his allowance was stopped because he did not appear for the live verification. However, he will now receive his regular allowance from next month.
