Cyclone Amphan has started pounding the coastal Bagerhat since Wednesday morning. It is raining at the same time. More than 90,000 people have taken shelter in the shelter.
As many as 90,000 people have taken shelter in 98 cyclone shelters in the coastal district of Bagerhat till Wednesday morning due to fears of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Most of them are elderly women, men, children and the disabled. About twelve thousand volunteers are working in the district to take the affected people to the shelter. The local administration and the Red Crescent Society provided food, clean water and candles to these people in the shelter. At that time, 13,000 cattle have been safely evacuated to the shelter, said Bagerhat Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) of the storm control room coordinator. Kamrul Islam.
He added that the district's shelters could not be crowded as before as the cyclone hit the Corona situation. Everyone should be kept in shelters while maintaining social distance. For this reason, people have been evacuated to temporary shelters along with permanent shelters. A total of 11,606 Red Crescent, Scouts and CPP volunteers have been deployed in the district to deal with the disaster. 75 medical teams have been kept ready. May 200 for the district. Tons of rice, 3 lakh rupees in cash, 2 lakh rupees for baby food. Go has allocated Tk 2 lakh for food and 2,000 packets of dry food.
The agriculture department is fearing the loss of crops in the field due to heavy rains and windy weather. In Bagerhat district, karla, squid and potato have been planted on 4,000 hectares of land. Besides, seedbeds of jute have been planted in 1600 hectares, betel waste in 1100 hectares and aus paddy in 349 hectares. Raghunath Kar, deputy director of the Bagerhat district agricultural extension department, fears that these crops will be damaged due to heavy rains, waterlogging, tidal surges and strong winds.
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