Tetulia records season's lowest temperature at 7.3°C

The temperature dropped to 7.3 degree Celsius in Panchagarh's Tentulia on Friday, the lowest of this winter, exposing the poor, elderly people and children to intense miseries there in the sub-Himalayan northern region.

The lowest temperature of 7.03 degree Celsius was recorded in Tetulia around 9:00am, said Jitendra Nath Roy, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

Rangpur Civil Surgeon Dr Mostafa Zaman Chowdhury said doctors continued to treat a higher number of people with cough, fever, asthma and other cold-related diseases at the hospitals and health facilities in recent days.

"We have adequate stock of medicines and special steps were taken at the government-run health facilities to treat cold-related patients, including babies and children in the district like in other areas of the region," he added.

District Relief and Rehabilitation Officers (DRRO) said the district administrations, NGOs and other organisations have intensified distribution of warm clothes to cold-hit people in all eight northern districts of Rangpur division.

Rangpur DRRO Md Motahar Hossain said the government allocated 5,000 pieces of more blankets on Thursday raising the total number of allocated and locally purchased blankets to 33,372 for the district.

"Distribution of 33,372 pieces of blankets allocated so far continues in full swing in the district," he said.

Similarly, Kurigram DRRO Md Abdul Matin said the total number of allocated and locally purchased blankets rose to 35,000 with the allocation of 10,000 pieces of more blankets by the government for Kurigram district on Thursday.

"The district administration continues distribution of 35,000 pieces of blankets allocated so far by the government and purchased locally among cold-affected people in Kurigram district," Matin added.

Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) for Rangpur region Agriculturist Md Obaidur Rahman Mondal told BSS that the cold wave didn't cause any harm or cold injuries so far to any variety of growing winter crop plants.

"Field level DAE officials are assisting farmers in taking proper care of growing Rabi crop plants and Boro rice seedlings in the region where transplantation of Boro rice seedlings continues amid sunny weather despite the mild cold wave," he added.

Source: BSS