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Shivering cold and dense fog has hit Kurigram and Panchagarh districts hard, disrupting the normal life of people.
Tuhin Mia, an officer of Razarhat Agriculture Weather observatory center, said they have recorded temperature of 11.4 degrees Celsius in Kurigram on Wednesday morning and the temperature may fall in the next days, reports our Kurigarm correspondent on Wednesday.
Vehicles have to move with headlights even in the daytime, and cold is forcing people to stay home.
The daily wage earners are the worst sufferer as they could not go out for work.
Some people were seen warming themselves in the morning after setting fire on husks beside the road.
Rahim Mia, a resident of Char Jatrapur area, said he had to work in his potato and paddy fields ignoring the bone-chilling cold since morning.
Moazzem Hossain, another resident of Sadar upazila, said they are feeling the shivering cold for the last couple of days.
Abdul Hye Sarkar, Disaster and Rehabilitation officer, said already 38,000 blankets have been allocated for nine upazilas of the district.
According to reports of our Panchagarh correspondent, the district is experiencing thick fog and cold waves as the temperature continues to decrease. The lowest temperature was recorded in Tetulia on Wednesday.
Minimum temperature was recorded 9.2 degrees Celsius at Tetulia at 9.00am. On Tuesday, it was 10.7 degrees Celsius.
Russell Shah, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tetulia Meteorological Observatory, said Panchagarh’s Tetulia recorded lowest temperature at 9.2 degrees Celsius at 9:00 am on Thursday.
The roads continue to be covered in fog all day, and people can only see the sun for a moment in the afternoon. The temperature starts to drop as evening falls.
The thick fog causes people on the roads to get wet, so they burn straws to keep themselves warm. The poor are unable to get out of their houses.
Lowest temperature was recorded at 10.6 degrees Celsius in Dinajpur Wednesday morning.
Confirming the matter, Asaduzzaman, an official of meteorological office in Dinajpur, said the lowest temperature was recorded at 10.6 am.
The lowest temperature was recorded at 10.6 degrees Celsius at 6 am in Dinajpur. At that time, humidity was 96 percent, said the Met officer.
On Tuesday, temperature was recorded at 14.9 degrees Celsius in Dinajpur and humidity was 87 per cent.
