Sever cold hits normal life

The biting cold with dense fog is hampering normal life of the people especially the homeless and the char inhabitants of  Gaibandha district.

The frosty condition has deteriorated due to decreasing the temperature on Tuesday as the chilly wind from the Himalayas contributes to lowering the mercury. Rangpur met office said the lowest temperature was recorded 10.30 degrees Celsius in the morning.

The intensity of chilly goes high before sunrise and after sunset. Commuters are facing troubles in getting vehicles particularly tempo, rickshaw and van as the presence of the vehicles on roads and bus stands are very thin.

The cold badly hit babies, children and the aged people from the poor and low income families living in the huts.

Poor people particularly farmers and day labourers are the worst sufferers as they cannot work in the field due to cold wind blowing g from the north.

They are crowding to the shops of second hand warm clothes and buying those at high prices as the shop owners have increased the prices of all warm clothes due to heavy demand.

Many of the destitute are trying to combat this bone chilling cold through heat generated from burning the straws and old rubber tires. Animals in sheds are covered with old sacks.

Chairman of Mollarchar Union of the district M Saiduzzaman said the char dwellers of the union are the worst sufferers as they are facing bone biting cold wind during the winter season.

Nezarat deputy collector and also acting district relief and rehabilitation officer S.M. Foyes Uddin said they had got 44,500 blankets from the Ministry of Relief during the winter season so far and they had already disbursed to the distressed and the destitute people of the district.

Deputy Commissioner Abdul Matin said he sent a letter to the ministry concerned seeking more blankets for the distressed people.