Storm hits 2 Sherpur upazilas

SHERPUR:  A nor’wester, accompanied by hailstorm, lashed 10 bordering villages in Nalitabari and Jhinaigati upazilas Tuesday night, damaging over 200 katcha houses and Boro seedlings and vegetables on a vast tract of land.
The storm-hit villages are Sondhakura, Garokona, Gumra, Fhakhrabad, Haldi in Jhinaigati upazila, Samshchura, Hatipagar, Meshkura, Burunga and Kalapani in Nalitabari upazila.
Locals said the tropical storm swept the villages around 11 pm damaging the houses, vegetable fields and Boro seedlings on vast tract of lands during its half an hour fury.
Frustrated, vegetable grower Abu Hanif of Samshchura village said, “I had cultivated cucumber on three decimals of land taking a loan of Tk 10,000, but the storm ruined everything.”
Another vegetable grower, Israfil Miah, said vegetables on his 10 decimals of land were devastated by the storm, according to a news agency.