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11 | ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ বাংলাদেশে দুর্ভিক্ষের আশংকাঃ অক্সফাম ও | অক্সফাম ও ওয়ার অন ওয়ান্ট-এর | ৭ এপ্রিল, ১৯৭১ ওয়ার অন ওয়ান্ট সংস্থার রিপোট প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি PRESS RELEASE Issued by OXFAM and WAR ON WANT. Re: East Pakistan Famine. The whole population of East Pakistan faces a famine of immeasurable extent. This is stressed by Oxfam and War on Want, as the inescapable conclusion reached if the fatal inevitability of the following points is considered: (1) The loss of food-grain owing to last November's cyclone led to the need for vastly increased imports of grains, which have not been stopped. (2) The available stocks of food, equivalent to about two months supplementary supply in mid-March, were concentrated in storage centers at Chittagong docks and other sites. It is unlikely that they can have been distributed, and some loss can be assumed. (3) The war will interrupt the harvesting of the present minor rice crop, will hinder the full planting of the spring crop and, thereafter, that of the main monsoon crop, by disrupting supplies of seed fertilizers and fuel, and the movement of labor for harvesting. "It is our opinion that the famine can only be mitigated if there is a coordinated effort by Governments, United Nations and other international organizations, and other agencies, to co-operate with the Pakistan Government in establishing supply channels into the cyclone affected areas firstly and, thereafter, the rest of the country, before the monsoon rains in June substantially hinder all forms of transport. We are, therefore, calling on the British Government to initiate such a coordinated effort." OXFᎪM WAR ON WANT.