BSS, Rangpur :
The bone-chilling cold continued shivering the northern (N) region for the eighth consecutive day on Friday forcing thousands to stay indoors up to 9 am till appearance of the sun penetrating thick layers of fogs.
The minimum temperatures ranged between 5.9 and 9.4 degree Celsius on Friday causing the bone-chilling cold and exposing the poor to miseries prompting local authorities to seek further government allocation of warm clothes.
According to the Met Office, the country’s lowest temperature of 5.9 degree Celsius was recorded today at the northernmost Tentulia town in Panchagarh at 6 am causing immense sufferings to the local people.
Besides, the minimum temperature 9.4 degree Celsius was recorded at 6 am on Friday at Rangpur, 9 degree Celsius at Dinajpur, 7.8 degree at Syedpur and 8.2 degree at Dimla in Nilphamari and 7.5 degree Celsius at Rajarhat in Kurigram.
After appearance of the sun, the clouds, mists and fogs disappeared from the air easing the cold bite in the midday.
But, the situation again started deteriorating as the cold wave coupled with cooler wind started blowing from the western and north-western directions. Local residents said the extreme weather today further aggravated sufferings of thousands of people living on the sandy char areas in Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and other adjoining districts on the Brahmaputra basin.
Doctors at the hospitals and health complexes said they continued to treat higher number of people with cough, fever, asthma and other cold and climate change related diseases on Friday like during the past few days.
Rangpur Divisional Director (Health) Dr Amal Chandra Saha told reporters that the stock of medicines were adequate and steps were taken at the government-run health facilities in all districts and upazilas of Rangpur division to treat the cold-related patients.
The district administrations, NGOs and different voluntary, professional, socio-cultural and charitable organisations, business bodies, banks and other institutions extended their hands in distributing warm clothes among the cold-stricken people.
District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer of Rangpur ATM Akhteruzzaman said distribution of over 50,000 pieces of blankets among the cold-hit people was nearing completion in the district as elsewhere in the northern region.
Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Sultana Pervin said some 42,000 pieces of blankets allocated by the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief were distributed so far among the cold-hit people of the district.
“We sent another letter to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief on Thursday seeking allocation of more warm clothes for distribution among the cold-stricken people of all nine upazilas in the district,” Sultana added.
Talking to BSS, Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture
Extension Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said the prevailing weather might affect
normal growth of Rabi crop plants, including potato and Boro seedbeds, if the
situation deteriorates further.
“Though the transplantation process of Boro rice seedling is being hampered now amid shivering cold, there is enough time to complete the process timely by February next for getting normal production of the crop,” Islam added.
The bone-chilling cold continued shivering the northern (N) region for the eighth consecutive day on Friday forcing thousands to stay indoors up to 9 am till appearance of the sun penetrating thick layers of fogs.
The minimum temperatures ranged between 5.9 and 9.4 degree Celsius on Friday causing the bone-chilling cold and exposing the poor to miseries prompting local authorities to seek further government allocation of warm clothes.
According to the Met Office, the country’s lowest temperature of 5.9 degree Celsius was recorded today at the northernmost Tentulia town in Panchagarh at 6 am causing immense sufferings to the local people.
Besides, the minimum temperature 9.4 degree Celsius was recorded at 6 am on Friday at Rangpur, 9 degree Celsius at Dinajpur, 7.8 degree at Syedpur and 8.2 degree at Dimla in Nilphamari and 7.5 degree Celsius at Rajarhat in Kurigram.
After appearance of the sun, the clouds, mists and fogs disappeared from the air easing the cold bite in the midday.
But, the situation again started deteriorating as the cold wave coupled with cooler wind started blowing from the western and north-western directions. Local residents said the extreme weather today further aggravated sufferings of thousands of people living on the sandy char areas in Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and other adjoining districts on the Brahmaputra basin.
Doctors at the hospitals and health complexes said they continued to treat higher number of people with cough, fever, asthma and other cold and climate change related diseases on Friday like during the past few days.
Rangpur Divisional Director (Health) Dr Amal Chandra Saha told reporters that the stock of medicines were adequate and steps were taken at the government-run health facilities in all districts and upazilas of Rangpur division to treat the cold-related patients.
The district administrations, NGOs and different voluntary, professional, socio-cultural and charitable organisations, business bodies, banks and other institutions extended their hands in distributing warm clothes among the cold-stricken people.
District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer of Rangpur ATM Akhteruzzaman said distribution of over 50,000 pieces of blankets among the cold-hit people was nearing completion in the district as elsewhere in the northern region.
Kurigram Deputy Commissioner Sultana Pervin said some 42,000 pieces of blankets allocated by the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief were distributed so far among the cold-hit people of the district.
“We sent another letter to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief on Thursday seeking allocation of more warm clothes for distribution among the cold-stricken people of all nine upazilas in the district,” Sultana added.
Talking to BSS, Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture
Extension Khondker Md Mesbahul Islam said the prevailing weather might affect
normal growth of Rabi crop plants, including potato and Boro seedbeds, if the
situation deteriorates further.
“Though the transplantation process of Boro rice seedling is being hampered now amid shivering cold, there is enough time to complete the process timely by February next for getting normal production of the crop,” Islam added.
