26 more bodies recovered
Saturday, 24 November 2007
BAGERHAT, Nov 23 (UNB): Twenty-six more bodies were recovered in the district Friday raising the official death toll to 762 while unofficial figure to 1,650 in the worst cyclone-hit district.
Local people said thousands of people are still missing in the district, around 3,000 in Sharankhola alone, the southern upazila on the bank of river Baleswar.
Besides, many government, non-government and private organisations, including Army, Navy, Coastguards, police, Air Force, district administration and Red Crescent Society, are continuing relief operation in the affected areas.
People who are distributing relief materials said that relief operation is being hampered in many remote areas due to lack of communication.
Deputy Commissioner Shahidul Islam said they are conducting relief operation in the affected areas and the number of deaths is increasing gradually.
District Army camp commander Lt. Col. Sayed said that army personnel are distributing relief materials in different remote areas.
Mongla Naval base commander Rezaul Karim said that four of their ships are distributing relief items and giving treatment to the affected people in the coastal areas.
Meanwhile: Different organisations continued to distribute relief materials among cyclone-hit people in the district.
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman distributed relief materials among 1,000 cyclone-hit people at Rayenda Pilot School ground in Sharankhola Upazila Friday.
Army, Navy, Air Force, Coastguard, Police, Red Crescent, Food for Life Eskon from Dhaka and other organisations also distributed relief goods among the affected people.
CPB opened a gruel kitchen (langar-khana) at Tapalbari Bazar in Sharankhola and Muslim Aid, an NGO, opened another at Southkhali in Sharankhola for providing cooked food among the cyclone victims.
Meanwhile, police arrested a rice trader, Kader Fakir, along with 60 kg of VGF rice from his Sulakura village home in Rampal Upazila Friday morning.
He told Police that Baintala Union Parishad member Shaheen Gazi had sold the rice to him, allocated under VGF programme.
A case was filed against two people in this connection.
Local people said thousands of people are still missing in the district, around 3,000 in Sharankhola alone, the southern upazila on the bank of river Baleswar.
Besides, many government, non-government and private organisations, including Army, Navy, Coastguards, police, Air Force, district administration and Red Crescent Society, are continuing relief operation in the affected areas.
People who are distributing relief materials said that relief operation is being hampered in many remote areas due to lack of communication.
Deputy Commissioner Shahidul Islam said they are conducting relief operation in the affected areas and the number of deaths is increasing gradually.
District Army camp commander Lt. Col. Sayed said that army personnel are distributing relief materials in different remote areas.
Mongla Naval base commander Rezaul Karim said that four of their ships are distributing relief items and giving treatment to the affected people in the coastal areas.
Meanwhile: Different organisations continued to distribute relief materials among cyclone-hit people in the district.
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman distributed relief materials among 1,000 cyclone-hit people at Rayenda Pilot School ground in Sharankhola Upazila Friday.
Army, Navy, Air Force, Coastguard, Police, Red Crescent, Food for Life Eskon from Dhaka and other organisations also distributed relief goods among the affected people.
CPB opened a gruel kitchen (langar-khana) at Tapalbari Bazar in Sharankhola and Muslim Aid, an NGO, opened another at Southkhali in Sharankhola for providing cooked food among the cyclone victims.
Meanwhile, police arrested a rice trader, Kader Fakir, along with 60 kg of VGF rice from his Sulakura village home in Rampal Upazila Friday morning.
He told Police that Baintala Union Parishad member Shaheen Gazi had sold the rice to him, allocated under VGF programme.
A case was filed against two people in this connection.