Barishal Correspondent :
Drizzling along with cold wave from early Friday has disrupted normal life in southern six districts of Barishal division hampering normal life of general people.
Local weather office recorded 30 mm rain fall and lowest 13 degree celsius temperature in last 24 hours till 3pm Friday without any sunlight day long, said Pronab Kumar, senior observer of Barishal weather office.
The five day- long computer Fair arranged at Barishal AK School ground since January 1 declared as suspended due to lack of visitors and water logging at the venue.
Due to adverse weather few men have seen on city roads , water and road transport stations, kitchen markets and work places.
The day labourers and who work on a daily basis, slum dwellers are the worst sufferers as they have no alternative way to earn money for maintaining their family and so some of them forced to come out of home, but failed to earn satisfactory income.
Some of rickshaw puller have seen on the road carrying few of passengers at Barishal City area.
Rafikul Islam , 40, a city dwellers of Palashpur cluster village area of the city said, “Amid rain and cold wave we have to bound to stay inside home or to move carrying umbrella in emergency.
Bipul Chakladar, 42, one day labour, said, due to raining he failed to earn any money and so returned home with empty-handed.”
Shopkeepers in kitchen markets and other placesof the city passed idle time due to lack of customers.
Children and elderly people are suffering due to cold weave with rain.
Dr. Md. Rahim, Barishal divisional health director, said in Barishal average 1700 children admitted of cold-related diseases, like pneumonia and cold diarrhoea in 42 Upazila health Complex in last seven days.
Cold related diseases on the rise in Sylhet
Sylhet Bureau reports: Cold relate diseases with the continuous fall of mercury for the past several days in Sylhet region. The diseases may spread further with the apprehension of fresh fall in temperature with the rains, the sources informed.
Himangshu Lal Ray, Deputy Director of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital informed a total of 10-15 children and 5-8 adults are admitted to the hospital with cold related diseases every day. However, the number of new patients will increase if the chilly weather continues for several days more, he added.
In upazila level, patients with cold related problems are taking primary treatment on daily basis informed different upazila health complexes. Most of these patients are affected with reparatory infection and diarrhea. Earlier, on last week at least five elders died in Moulvibazar district due to cold related complications.
When asked about the reasons behind the rise in cold related diseases, Dr Shibbir Ahmed Shuhel said, due to the continuous fluctuating weather children and elders are being affected the most. Only sincerity can help us to protect the children and adults from these diseases.
Boro seedlings damages in Rangpur
UNB from Rangpur adds: The shivering cold weather now sweeping the country, especially in northern districts, has affected Boro seedbeds in many places of Rangpur region, triggering a fear of a seedling crisis in the current season.
Farmers said many seedbeds have already turned yellowish and seedlings are dying out due to the biting cold coupled with dense fog.
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target to prepare seedlings on 23,201 hectares of land in Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha and Nilphamari districts in the current Boro season.
Quasem Mia, a farmer of Ramchandrapur in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur, said his seedbeds have turned yellowish under the impact of the chilly weather.
Asaduzzaman, another farmer of Kashbagh in Rangpur city, said seedlings, aged 20-25 days, have been badly affected.
According to the farmers, they sprayed medicines in the affected seedbeds but did not get any positive result.
They fear that seedlings will be damaged if the bone-chilling cold continues for a few days more.
Under the circumstances, the farmers fear that there might be a crisis of seedlings during plantation of the current Boro season as it will not be possible for many to prepare seedbeds afresh.
They said they will be forced to purchase seedlings from the market at a high price which will increase their production cost.
Besides, the farmers said, they might not get quality seedlings in the market which will affect the production target largely.
DAE officials, however, could not provide any data about the exact extent of damage caused to the seedbeds by the shivering cold. Rangpur DAE Additional Director Mohammad Ali said the damage will be assessed once the weather becomes normal.
He also said they have advised farmers to cover their seedbeds with polythene, spray sulfur-mixed medicine and use urea and gypsum in the seedbeds to get a positive outcome.
Drizzling along with cold wave from early Friday has disrupted normal life in southern six districts of Barishal division hampering normal life of general people.
Local weather office recorded 30 mm rain fall and lowest 13 degree celsius temperature in last 24 hours till 3pm Friday without any sunlight day long, said Pronab Kumar, senior observer of Barishal weather office.
The five day- long computer Fair arranged at Barishal AK School ground since January 1 declared as suspended due to lack of visitors and water logging at the venue.
Due to adverse weather few men have seen on city roads , water and road transport stations, kitchen markets and work places.
The day labourers and who work on a daily basis, slum dwellers are the worst sufferers as they have no alternative way to earn money for maintaining their family and so some of them forced to come out of home, but failed to earn satisfactory income.
Some of rickshaw puller have seen on the road carrying few of passengers at Barishal City area.
Rafikul Islam , 40, a city dwellers of Palashpur cluster village area of the city said, “Amid rain and cold wave we have to bound to stay inside home or to move carrying umbrella in emergency.
Bipul Chakladar, 42, one day labour, said, due to raining he failed to earn any money and so returned home with empty-handed.”
Shopkeepers in kitchen markets and other placesof the city passed idle time due to lack of customers.
Children and elderly people are suffering due to cold weave with rain.
Dr. Md. Rahim, Barishal divisional health director, said in Barishal average 1700 children admitted of cold-related diseases, like pneumonia and cold diarrhoea in 42 Upazila health Complex in last seven days.
Cold related diseases on the rise in Sylhet
Sylhet Bureau reports: Cold relate diseases with the continuous fall of mercury for the past several days in Sylhet region. The diseases may spread further with the apprehension of fresh fall in temperature with the rains, the sources informed.
Himangshu Lal Ray, Deputy Director of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital informed a total of 10-15 children and 5-8 adults are admitted to the hospital with cold related diseases every day. However, the number of new patients will increase if the chilly weather continues for several days more, he added.
In upazila level, patients with cold related problems are taking primary treatment on daily basis informed different upazila health complexes. Most of these patients are affected with reparatory infection and diarrhea. Earlier, on last week at least five elders died in Moulvibazar district due to cold related complications.
When asked about the reasons behind the rise in cold related diseases, Dr Shibbir Ahmed Shuhel said, due to the continuous fluctuating weather children and elders are being affected the most. Only sincerity can help us to protect the children and adults from these diseases.
Boro seedlings damages in Rangpur
UNB from Rangpur adds: The shivering cold weather now sweeping the country, especially in northern districts, has affected Boro seedbeds in many places of Rangpur region, triggering a fear of a seedling crisis in the current season.
Farmers said many seedbeds have already turned yellowish and seedlings are dying out due to the biting cold coupled with dense fog.
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target to prepare seedlings on 23,201 hectares of land in Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha and Nilphamari districts in the current Boro season.
Quasem Mia, a farmer of Ramchandrapur in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur, said his seedbeds have turned yellowish under the impact of the chilly weather.
Asaduzzaman, another farmer of Kashbagh in Rangpur city, said seedlings, aged 20-25 days, have been badly affected.
According to the farmers, they sprayed medicines in the affected seedbeds but did not get any positive result.
They fear that seedlings will be damaged if the bone-chilling cold continues for a few days more.
Under the circumstances, the farmers fear that there might be a crisis of seedlings during plantation of the current Boro season as it will not be possible for many to prepare seedbeds afresh.
They said they will be forced to purchase seedlings from the market at a high price which will increase their production cost.
Besides, the farmers said, they might not get quality seedlings in the market which will affect the production target largely.
DAE officials, however, could not provide any data about the exact extent of damage caused to the seedbeds by the shivering cold. Rangpur DAE Additional Director Mohammad Ali said the damage will be assessed once the weather becomes normal.
He also said they have advised farmers to cover their seedbeds with polythene, spray sulfur-mixed medicine and use urea and gypsum in the seedbeds to get a positive outcome.
