Dipali's suicide
Dipali, a tiny poor girl of Kishoreganj, committed suicide as she could not bear the pangs of hunger. It is really a matter of great regret that though the country is near self-sufficient in food production it cannot afford to provide food for all its people. Not only this, the government has increased the number of VGF cards in the northern districts. But what purpose will it serve if girls like Dipali have to commit suicide? And the increase in food production will ever remain pointless if thousands of people have to starve in the northern region. Who are getting the VGF cards? And why are the poor families deprived of the rice supply that they need so desperately? After Dipali committed suicide, some businessmen and NGOs approached the family with help, but the government is silent and has claimed that the family has received VGF cards. There are thousands of families who are left without any food supply to sustain life.
They are not getting VGF cards as they have no link to the ward commissioner or ward member or they are suspected of not having voted for the ruling party. Who will save these vulnerable families?
The NGOs are not capable of handling the food shortage in such vast areas. So the government has to play the crucial role here.
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