Govt sets up free kitchens for Rohingyas

The government is setting up eight free kitchens to serve meals to Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.

The kitchens will operate in the camps at Balukhali and Kutupalong from Tuesday, said Additional Executive Magistrate Khaled Mahmud, also the head of district administration’s Rohingya cell, reports bdnews24.com.

Cooked meals will be handed out to refugees from 12 spots. The move aims to prevent a humanitarian crisis amid the ongoing exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, he said.

“The number of these kitchens is far lesser than what is needed but we will still run them in our effort to overcome this crisis. The kitchens will operate until all refugees are brought under a relief programme,” said the magistrate.