A safe vegetable corner has been opened at Puratan Bazar of the district town on Wednesday for providing safe vegetable to the consumers at reasonable prices considering their good health, reports BSS.
An inaugural function organized by Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and Department of Agricultural Marketing was held at the Puratan Bazaar here in the afternoon.
Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad and local lawmaker Mahabub Ara Begum Gini addressed the function as the chief guest while deputy commissioner Abdul Matin presided over the ceremony.
The chief guest said the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina achieved food security in the country for taking pragmatic measures
including ensuring fertilizers, psticides and other agri-inputs to the farmers.
Now, the government is working sincerely for producing nutrition and vitamin enriched and quality food at larger scale at farmers’ level, she said.
Gini urged the agriculture officials and field level sub assistant agriculture officers to motivate the farmers to produce their safe food in organic way and also using the latest agriculture technologies.
The whip also advised the officials for opening such vegetable corner in other bazaars of the district.
Police super Towhidul Islam, mayor of Gaibandha Municipality Advocate Shah Masud Zahangir Kabir Milon and deputy director of DAE Krishibid Masudur
Rahman spoke at the event as the special guests.
Moderated by additional deputy director of DAE Abul Kalam Azad, the function was also addressed, among others, by district marketing officer Moazzem Hossain and general secretary of district Krishak League Dipok Kumar Paul.
