Nakla (Sherpur) Correspondent

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) ha started selling products at subsidized prices which has brought some relief for low-income people in Nakla upazila of Sherpur district.

The TCB product sale program was inaugurated at the Baneshwardi Union Parishad premises of the upazila on Wednesday noon. Baneshwardi Union Parishad Chairman Mazharul Anwar Mohabbat inaugurated the sale program as the chief guest.

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) Dealer Shahid Mia, Nakla Press Club President Md. Musharaf Hossain, UP member Monir Hossain, along with army and police members, local dignitaries and Village police working in the Baneshwardi Union Parishad, political leaders and beneficiaries of different professions were present.

A cardholder Pachon Mia, village of Vurdi Kh Para said that we are happy as we can buy daily essentials at lower price. Each beneficiary family can buy 5 kilograms of rice, 2 litres of soya bean oil, 2 kilograms of red lentils. The TCB will sell rice at Tk 30 per kg, Soya bean oil at Tk 100 per litre and lentils at Tk 60 per kg.

As a result, each family has to purchase a packet of TCB packages for the month of November for 470 taka. People from poor or low-income families are happy to be able to purchase these daily necessities at a fair price.

According to the relevant department sources, out of the 14,319 beneficiary families in the upazila, 1,270 families from Ganapaddi Union, 1,129 families from Nakla Union, 1,300 families from Urfa Union, 870 families from Gauradar Union, 1,070 families from Baneshwardi Union, 1,170 families from Pathakata Union, 1,070 families from Talki Union, 1,270 families from Char Ashtadhar Union and 1,370 families from Chandrakona Union and 3,800 families from Nakla Municipality have been brought under this facility.