Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister, has arrived in Kalapara, Patuakhali, to survey the damage caused by Cyclone Remal and provide aid to those affected.
According to deputy press secretary MM Imrul Kayes, the prime minister left the Tejgaon Airport by helicopter on Thursday morning around 11 a.m.
She traveled to Mathbaria and Pathorghata before arriving at the Khepupara Govt Model Primary School Helipad at 12:30 p.m. Around 2,000 cyclone victims received aid from her at the Govt Mozahar Uddin Biswas Degree College grounds.
At 1:30 p.m., Hasina went to the Sheikh Kamal Bridge in Kalapara and spoke to the government officials in Barishal at the Payra Thermal Power Plant’s conference hall.
At five o’clock in the evening, the prime minister will take off from the Payra Thermal Power Plant helipad for Dhaka.
Cyclone Remal caused over 100 communities in Patuakhali, including char regions, to flood. In the district’s municipality and other low-lying locations, the water level surged.
The district’s storm winds and water, according to Patuakhali relief and rehabilitation officer Sumon Chandra Debnath, entirely damaged 235 dwellings. A further 3,500 dwellings sustained partial damage.
The two islands that make up Rangabali and Kalapara Upazilas took the brunt of the destruction. Numerous trees were uprooted.
Coastal Upazilas have numerous embankments that have been damaged by the tidal surge. In Dumki and Bauphal, two elderly persons were killed by falling trees. On Sunday, there was also a man killed in Kalapara.
In the east-central and nearby west-central regions of the Bay of Bengal, a low-pressure area emerged on May 22. It gradually developed into a well-marked low-pressure area, a depression, a deep depression, and on Saturday night, a cyclonic storm.
Remal was the name of the storm. Early on Sunday, it strengthened into a powerful cyclonic storm that pounded coastal communities with intense winds and rain. Before weakening into a depression on Tuesday, it crossed the coast of Bangladesh on Monday night and caused rain to fall over the nation.
Approximately twelve and a half persons lost their lives as a result of tidal surges, falling trees, crumbling structures, or while traveling to storm shelters.
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief reported that over 3.76 million people were impacted by Remal, which also totally destroyed 35,483 homes and partially damaged 114,992 more.
