The district administration has taken preparations to move some three lakh residents of the char areas of Bhola district to the shelters as cyclone ‘Sitrang’ is likely to make landfall on the southern Bangladesh coast by early Tuesday.
Due to the impact of Cyclone ‘Sitrang’ the residents of the Bhola districts have been experiencing light to moderate rain since Monday morning.
Mahbub Rahman, an officer of Bhola Weather Observatory Centre, said the local met office recorded 72 mm of rainfall in 24 hours till 3:00pm on Monday.
Besides, the launch and ferry services on the Dhaka-Barishal route remained suspended.
The low-lying areas of the Dhalchar area were flooded due to tidal surges caused by cyclone ‘Sitrang’.
Six teams of Bangladesh Coast Guards are working in the district and they were seen making people alert about the cyclone through loudspeakers.
Deputy Commissioner Toufique-e-Elahi Chowdhury, said already 746 cyclone shelters were prepared while 1,306 educational institutions will also be kept ready.
Besides, the authorities opened eight control rooms while 76 medical teams and 13,600 volunteers were also kept ready, he said.
District Relief and Rehabilitation officer Delwar Hossain said 25 metric tonnes of rice and Tk 5 lakh were allocated while preparation was taken to provide 1000 packets of dry food at the cyclone shelters.
