RANGPUR, Jan 02 (BSS): The northernmost sub-Himalayan town of Tentulia in Panchagarh district today recorded the season's lowest temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius causing untold sufferings to the common people.
The mercury levels marked little ups and downs during the past 24 hours ending at 6 pm Wednesday again forcing the people to remain indoors due to bone- chilling cold exposing the poor, elder citizens and minor children to intense miseries.
Dense layers of fogs amid blowing cooler winds from the north and northwestern directions caused bone-chilling cold exposing the poor, elder citizens and minor children to intense miseries and forcing the people to remain indoors till 9 am today.
Officials at Rangpur Met Office said the country's lowest temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius was recorded today at Tentulia monitoring point in Panchagarh district at 6 am.
The situation remained mostly unchanged in Rangpur city where the minimum temperature of 10 degrees against yesterday's 9.5 degrees Celsius.
Besides, the minimum temperatures recorded today were 7.5 degrees Celsius at Dinajpur, 8.2 degrees at Syedpur, 8 degrees at Dimla and 8.6 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat point in Kurigram.
Local residents said the number of patients with cough, fever, asthma and other cold and climate change related diseases continued increasing today like during the past five days in the region.
Director of Rangpur Medical College Hospital Dr Ajay Kumar Roy said physicians are providing necessary heath services to the increasing number of cold-related patents in the hospital like other health service facilities.
"We have adequate stocks of necessary medicines and necessary steps have been taken to provide proper treatments to cold-related patients," Dr Roy said.
Meanwhile, the district and upazila administrations, voluntary, professional and socio-cultural organisations and other institutions have intensified distribution of warm clothes among the cold-stricken people in the region.
Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram Sultana Pervin said distributing of 42,000 pieces of blankets among the cold-stricken people is progressing in full swing in all nine upazilas of the district.
Deputy Director (Local Government) for Rangpur Ruhul Amin Mian said distribution of over 50,000 pieces of blankets allocated so far by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief continues among clod-hit people across the district.
Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension at its regional office Agriculturist Md Moniruzzaman said the sweeping cold wave might affect normal growth of different Rabi crop plants, including potato and Boro seedbeds.
"The farmers should contact the sub-assistant agriculture officers in their respective areas for necessary suggestions on nursing their growing crop plants and Boro rice seedbeds if the situation further deteriorates," Moniruzzaman added.
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