{"id":69,"date":"2013-06-08T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/?p=69"},"modified":"2023-01-28T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T16:07:21","slug":"thousands-face-food-shortage-in-jurachari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chtnews.com\/english\/2013\/06\/08\/thousands-face-food-shortage-in-jurachari\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands face food shortage in Jurachari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>chtnews.com<\/div>\n<div>News No. 57\/2013, Saturday, June 08, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>PEOPLES<\/strong> in four Wards under remote Dumdumya Union in Jurachari Upazila of \u00a0Rangamati district are facing food shortages as more than two thousand\u00a0 families are living with little or no food, reports Prothom Alo, a Bengali\u00a0 daily published from Dhaka.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><b><\/b><\/b>The local Union Council chairman on Thursday sent a letter to the Deputy \u00a0Commissioner of the district through Upazila Nirbahi (Executive) Officer\u00a0 about the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Dumdumya Union Council chairman Tarun Moni Chakma said, \u201cThe crisis-hit \u00a0Wards of Dumdumya Union are located 150 kilometers from Rangamati and 100\u00a0 kilometers from Jurachari Upazila headquarters. As food production from Jum\u00a0 cultivation continues to decrease (each year) in these inaccessible areas,\u00a0 people fail to harvest enough food to last a year.\u201dHe added: \u201cAnd food shortages become more acute in the Bengali month of \u00a0Sharabon (July-August) than in Boishakh (April-May) of the year because\u00a0 transportation charges go up during this season as a result of a decrease\u00a0 in the level of Kaptai Lake water.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ram Lal Tanchangya, a resident of Baluchara village, said the last few \u00a0years had seen a decrease in food production in Jum cultivation, resulting\u00a0 in food shortages in the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Jurachari Upazila Council chairman Prabartak Chakma said, \u201cMany have talked \u00a0to me about food shortages. I have reported the matter to the higher\u00a0 authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mohammed Saiful Islam, Upazila Nirbahi Offier of Juarachari, acknowledged \u00a0that he had received a letter from Dumdumya Union Council chairman\u00a0 regarding the food crisis in the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe chairman in his letter has appealed for the introduction of a special \u00a0VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) programme in the area. The issue will be\u00a0 reported to the Deputy Commissioner.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Deputy Commissioner, Mostafa Kamal, said he had not yet received the \u00a0letter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He said there was enough food reserve in the district and added, \u201cWe have \u00a0made preparations to meet any food shortages. If there is any problem in\u00a0 transportation, our administration will overcome it too.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><i>News No. 58\/2013. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chtnews.com News No. 57\/2013, Saturday, June 08, 2013 PEOPLES in four Wards under remote Dumdumya Union in Jurachari Upazila of \u00a0Rangamati district are facing food shortages as more than two thousand\u00a0 families are living with little or no food, reports Prothom Alo, a Bengali\u00a0 daily published from Dhaka. 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