M. S. I Sharif, Bholahat (Chapainawabganj) Representative:

The pilot project of the data collection program for the distribution of farmer cards in Bholahat, Chapainawabganj was inaugurated on Thursday (July 16, 2026) at 12 noon in the Jhaobona block of ward 7 of Bholahat union no. 1 of the upazila.

The inauguration of the program Later, information will be collected from farmers of wards 7, 8 and 9 under the pilot project, according to the Agriculture Department.

Upazila Executive Officer Md. Nahid Hossain was present as the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony. Bholahat Thana Officer-in-Charge Md. Abdul Barik, Upazila Agriculture Officer Krishibid Md. Sultan Ali were present as special guests.

Among others, Agriculture Deputy Assistant Officer Md. Sagar Ali, Deputy Assistant Agriculture Officer Md. Keramat Ali, Md. Altaf Hossain, Md. Selim Reza, Md. Azmul Arefin, Md. Mazirul Islam and Abul Kashem, along with officials and employees of the Agriculture Department and local farmers were present.

The speakers at the event said that the farmer card program is being implemented with the aim of building an accurate and updated database of farmers. Through this, it will be easy to identify real farmers and it will be possible to deliver government agricultural incentives, subsidies, training and other services quickly and transparently.

Upazila Agriculture Officer Krishibid Md. Sultan Ali said that as part of the current government's election manifesto for distributing farmer cards, this information collection program is starting today from July 16 in an agricultural block of Bholahat Upazila and will continue until August 5. Later, information of all farmers in the Upazila will be collected in stages. To make this program of providing farmer cards to genuine farmers a success, the data collector was urged to provide accurate and complete information to all farmers and to cooperate with everyone, including local public representatives and dignitaries.

After the inauguration, the concerned officials inspected the data collection program of the farmers of that block (Jhaubona) and provided necessary guidelines to the concerned for successful implementation.