Cold wave makes life miserable in Northern districts
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
RANGPUR, Jan 11 (BSS): Normal life was halted and seriously disrupted as the temperatures marked falls amid blowing cooler winds during the past 24 hours in the country's northern region adding untold sufferings and miseries to the people.
As the severity of the bone-chilling cold further increased during the period, hundreds of people were forced to stay indoors and farm, businesses and normal activities were adversely affected everywhere Monday.
The sun remained behind the dense clouds amid blowing cooler and stronger winds from the west and north-western directions adding sufferings to the people everywhere and the situation in the char areas severely deteriorated.
The minimum temperatures ranged between 8.4 degrees and 11.6 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperatures fluctuated between 17 and 25 degrees Celsius reducing the gaps between these two temperatures that made the situation unbearable.
The vehicular traffic on roads and highways, plying of trains and water vessels remained partially affected until this morning when the vehicles plied with headlights on to avert accidents at most places in the region.
Meanwhile, the fresh allocations of 2,000 pieces blankets and Tk 80,000 for each upazila from the Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management for purchasing warm clothes, have reached each district.
The concerned district administrations have already allocated the fresh allocations in favour of every upazila administration including in Rangpur for quicker distribution of warm clothes among the suffering people, officials told the national news agency today.
Side by side with the government efforts, dozens of NGOs, voluntary, socio- cultural and charitable organisations and affluent people have further intensified distribution of warm clothes to mitigate untold sufferings of the distressed people.
Another news from Rajshahi adds: the cold weather worsened following sharp fall in both the maximum and minimum temperatures coupled with chili wind and cloudy conditions affecting normal life seriously in the city and its adjacent areas Monday.
Mercury dipped again during the last 24 hours and cooler winds added sufferings to the common people in the northern region particularly in its remotest Char areas.
As the severity of the bone-chilling cold further increased during the period, hundreds of people were forced to stay indoors and farm, businesses and normal activities were adversely affected everywhere Monday.
The sun remained behind the dense clouds amid blowing cooler and stronger winds from the west and north-western directions adding sufferings to the people everywhere and the situation in the char areas severely deteriorated.
The minimum temperatures ranged between 8.4 degrees and 11.6 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperatures fluctuated between 17 and 25 degrees Celsius reducing the gaps between these two temperatures that made the situation unbearable.
The vehicular traffic on roads and highways, plying of trains and water vessels remained partially affected until this morning when the vehicles plied with headlights on to avert accidents at most places in the region.
Meanwhile, the fresh allocations of 2,000 pieces blankets and Tk 80,000 for each upazila from the Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management for purchasing warm clothes, have reached each district.
The concerned district administrations have already allocated the fresh allocations in favour of every upazila administration including in Rangpur for quicker distribution of warm clothes among the suffering people, officials told the national news agency today.
Side by side with the government efforts, dozens of NGOs, voluntary, socio- cultural and charitable organisations and affluent people have further intensified distribution of warm clothes to mitigate untold sufferings of the distressed people.
Another news from Rajshahi adds: the cold weather worsened following sharp fall in both the maximum and minimum temperatures coupled with chili wind and cloudy conditions affecting normal life seriously in the city and its adjacent areas Monday.
Mercury dipped again during the last 24 hours and cooler winds added sufferings to the common people in the northern region particularly in its remotest Char areas.