Sylhet Correspondent :
Several Thousands of poor, ultra poor and rootless people of Sylhet district are suffering greatly lack of necessary warm cloths as cold wave is prevailing across the district.
The biting cold, dense fog and chilling winds crippled people’s life in the district. The district meteorology office recorded the lowest temperature of the district at 6.5 degree Celsius on Thursday morning.
Sylhet district meteorology officer of Sylhet, said he is not aware about weather improvement in coming days.
On the morning the total town was blanketed with dense fog as a result traffic halted till 12:pm. The engine and battery run vehicles of the district were seen plying on the road to heading their head lights.
Many school, college and office goers were suffering immensely as they had to wait for long for vehicles amid low visibility.
“Farmers are very worried, specially vegetables growers as the vegetables traders did not come to the local market to buy vegetables” said Anwar Ali, farmer of Shiberbazar village under Sadar Upazila.
Boro farming was also hampered as day laborers could not able to work in the fields for biting cold, he added. Many Rickshaw and van pullers could not drive their vehicles and passed time sit idly due to lack of passengers.
Middle class and poor income men and women were seen gathered in road side second hand markets to purchase their warm cloth.
BSS, from Rangpur re[prts: The sweeping mild to moderate cold wave with cooler winds and dense fogs deteriorated the weather condition disrupting public life in the northern districts yesterday.
The elderly people, women and babies are the worst sufferers, especially in the rural and remote char areas on the river basins, due to the biting cold in the sub-Himalayan northern region.
“The situation deteriorated sharply as the gap between minimum and maximum temperatures reduced to the minimum of 4-5 degrees Celsius yesterday causing immense sufferings to the people,” In-charge of Rangpur Met Office Mohammad Ali said.
“We recorded the minimum gap of only 1 degree Celsius between the minimum temperature of 10 degrees Celsius at 6 am and current temperature of 11 degrees Celsius at 12 noon at Rangpur today,” Ali said.
“The average maximum temperature remained between 20 and 23 degrees Celsius during the past couple of days,” he added.
The minimum temperatures recorded at 6 am today were 8.5 degrees Celsius at Syedpur and 10.2 degrees at Dimla in Nilphamari, 7.4 degrees at Dinajpur, 9.4 degrees at Tentulia in Panchagarh and 10 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat in Kurigram in the region.
Local people said the sun remained covered with thick layers of fogs till noon affecting vehicular traffic and forcing the drivers to put headlights of their vehicles on for averting accidents.
Rangpur District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Md Faridul Islam said 54,700 pieces of blankets, allocated so far by the government, were already distributed among the cold-stricken people of all eight upazilas in the district.
“We are expecting to get more allocations of warm clothes from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief tomorrow for distributing those among the cold-hit distressed people,” Haque added.
Meanwhile, different NGOs, business bodies, financial institutions, charitable and other organisations have also started distribution of blankets, sweaters, mufflers and rappers among the cold-hit people in the northern districts.
Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture Extension Khandker Md Mesbahul Islam said the farm-labourers could not conduct normal works and few numbers of people were seen outside homes as the thick layers of fogs covered the sun till noon.
“The cold bite increased immense sufferings to the common people as the sun did not appear till 1 pm today,” he said.
Officials at different hospitals and upazila health complexes said the number of pneumonia, fever, diarrhoea, asthma and respiratory problem related patients marked rise today forcing the doctors to remain very busy.
Similar reports of disruption of normal life were received here today from Kurigram, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur and Nilphamari districts in the region.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: The unusual cold biting is disrupting normal life in the city and its adjacent areas for the last couple of days as the difference between maximum and minimum temperature was further reduced here during the past 24 hours.
The minimum temperatures marked further falls at most places and blowing cooler winds from the northwestern region deteriorated the situation making life miserable.
Normal works including farm activities remained affected, fewer people were found out of their homes due to shivering cold in the morning.
Local Met office recorded the season’s ever lowest temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius this morning against the yesterday’s 8.5 degrees Celsius making the business of warm clothes more vibrant.
Meanwhile, life of the people living in the slums and chars on the Ganges basin has become worst as they experience more cold biting than that of the mainland.
Akbarul Hassan Millat, Editor of Daily Sonar Desh, said the unusual situation has been preventing people from going outside of residences in the morning along with creating adverse impact on normal life.
The sufferings of daily wage earners like day labourers, rickshaw pullers, traffic police and farm labourers have also been intensified during the severity of the cold biting.
The number of patients suffering from cough, fever, asthma and other acute respiratory tract infections sharply increased at different hospitals including Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) for the last couple of days, said Dr Khalilur Rahman, Associate Professor of Department of Medicine in RMCH.
In addition to the sufferings of the people, particularly the poor, cultivation, especially potato, chilli and Irri-Boro and pisciculture might be affected if the situation prolongs, said Dev Dulal Dhali, Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension.
Meanwhile, the district and upazila administrations, authorities, organizations, public and private bodies and many NGOs have intensified distribution of warm clothes among the distressed cold-hit people.
Several Thousands of poor, ultra poor and rootless people of Sylhet district are suffering greatly lack of necessary warm cloths as cold wave is prevailing across the district.
The biting cold, dense fog and chilling winds crippled people’s life in the district. The district meteorology office recorded the lowest temperature of the district at 6.5 degree Celsius on Thursday morning.
Sylhet district meteorology officer of Sylhet, said he is not aware about weather improvement in coming days.
On the morning the total town was blanketed with dense fog as a result traffic halted till 12:pm. The engine and battery run vehicles of the district were seen plying on the road to heading their head lights.
Many school, college and office goers were suffering immensely as they had to wait for long for vehicles amid low visibility.
“Farmers are very worried, specially vegetables growers as the vegetables traders did not come to the local market to buy vegetables” said Anwar Ali, farmer of Shiberbazar village under Sadar Upazila.
Boro farming was also hampered as day laborers could not able to work in the fields for biting cold, he added. Many Rickshaw and van pullers could not drive their vehicles and passed time sit idly due to lack of passengers.
Middle class and poor income men and women were seen gathered in road side second hand markets to purchase their warm cloth.
BSS, from Rangpur re[prts: The sweeping mild to moderate cold wave with cooler winds and dense fogs deteriorated the weather condition disrupting public life in the northern districts yesterday.
The elderly people, women and babies are the worst sufferers, especially in the rural and remote char areas on the river basins, due to the biting cold in the sub-Himalayan northern region.
“The situation deteriorated sharply as the gap between minimum and maximum temperatures reduced to the minimum of 4-5 degrees Celsius yesterday causing immense sufferings to the people,” In-charge of Rangpur Met Office Mohammad Ali said.
“We recorded the minimum gap of only 1 degree Celsius between the minimum temperature of 10 degrees Celsius at 6 am and current temperature of 11 degrees Celsius at 12 noon at Rangpur today,” Ali said.
“The average maximum temperature remained between 20 and 23 degrees Celsius during the past couple of days,” he added.
The minimum temperatures recorded at 6 am today were 8.5 degrees Celsius at Syedpur and 10.2 degrees at Dimla in Nilphamari, 7.4 degrees at Dinajpur, 9.4 degrees at Tentulia in Panchagarh and 10 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat in Kurigram in the region.
Local people said the sun remained covered with thick layers of fogs till noon affecting vehicular traffic and forcing the drivers to put headlights of their vehicles on for averting accidents.
Rangpur District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Md Faridul Islam said 54,700 pieces of blankets, allocated so far by the government, were already distributed among the cold-stricken people of all eight upazilas in the district.
“We are expecting to get more allocations of warm clothes from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief tomorrow for distributing those among the cold-hit distressed people,” Haque added.
Meanwhile, different NGOs, business bodies, financial institutions, charitable and other organisations have also started distribution of blankets, sweaters, mufflers and rappers among the cold-hit people in the northern districts.
Horticulture Specialist of the Department of Agriculture Extension Khandker Md Mesbahul Islam said the farm-labourers could not conduct normal works and few numbers of people were seen outside homes as the thick layers of fogs covered the sun till noon.
“The cold bite increased immense sufferings to the common people as the sun did not appear till 1 pm today,” he said.
Officials at different hospitals and upazila health complexes said the number of pneumonia, fever, diarrhoea, asthma and respiratory problem related patients marked rise today forcing the doctors to remain very busy.
Similar reports of disruption of normal life were received here today from Kurigram, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur and Nilphamari districts in the region.
BSS from Rajshahi adds: The unusual cold biting is disrupting normal life in the city and its adjacent areas for the last couple of days as the difference between maximum and minimum temperature was further reduced here during the past 24 hours.
The minimum temperatures marked further falls at most places and blowing cooler winds from the northwestern region deteriorated the situation making life miserable.
Normal works including farm activities remained affected, fewer people were found out of their homes due to shivering cold in the morning.
Local Met office recorded the season’s ever lowest temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius this morning against the yesterday’s 8.5 degrees Celsius making the business of warm clothes more vibrant.
Meanwhile, life of the people living in the slums and chars on the Ganges basin has become worst as they experience more cold biting than that of the mainland.
Akbarul Hassan Millat, Editor of Daily Sonar Desh, said the unusual situation has been preventing people from going outside of residences in the morning along with creating adverse impact on normal life.
The sufferings of daily wage earners like day labourers, rickshaw pullers, traffic police and farm labourers have also been intensified during the severity of the cold biting.
The number of patients suffering from cough, fever, asthma and other acute respiratory tract infections sharply increased at different hospitals including Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) for the last couple of days, said Dr Khalilur Rahman, Associate Professor of Department of Medicine in RMCH.
In addition to the sufferings of the people, particularly the poor, cultivation, especially potato, chilli and Irri-Boro and pisciculture might be affected if the situation prolongs, said Dev Dulal Dhali, Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension.
Meanwhile, the district and upazila administrations, authorities, organizations, public and private bodies and many NGOs have intensified distribution of warm clothes among the distressed cold-hit people.
