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           April
          22, 2000 
           
          
          
           
          Pirojpur, Apr 21 (UNB)- As part of its efforts to
          ensure food for the rural poor during off-season, the government has
          allocated 537 mts of wheat for the district under Test Relief Program. 
           
          
          
           
          The wheat will be used for implementing 274 rural
          infrastructure development projects in six upazilas of the district in
          the current fiscal. 
           
          
          
           
          Of the projects, 31 will be implemented in
          Bhandaria upazila, 25 in Kowkhali, 46 in Mothbaria, 57 in Nazirpur, 38
          in Nesarabad and 38 in Sadar. 
           
          
          
           
          Besides, five development projects were
          undertaken in Pirojpur and two in Mothbaria pourasava. 
           
          
          
           
          The works included road reconstruction, earth
          filling in educational and religious institutions, construction of
          drain and small bridges. 
          
          
          
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