Two persons were killed and about 50 people injured in Gazipur, Comilla Sunamganj and Jhenaidah as the nor’wester swept over the districts in the early hours of yesterday.
Our Gazipur Correspondent reported that a man was killed and five others were injured as the nor’wester swept over the district at night.
Officer-in-Charge of Jaidevpur police station Khandakar Rezaul Hasan told the Dhaka Tribune that a construction worker had fellen of the rooftop of a six-storey building when a strong wind hit him while he working there. He died on the spot.
But identity of the worker could not be known immediately.
In Comilla, the nor’wester hit Mafijabad and Nunbad area yesterday night.
Apart from damaging houses and business establishments, the storm uprooted electric poles that left the entire city in the dark for several hours.
In Sunamganj, one person was killed and 15 others injured at Jamalganj upazila.
The deceased was identified as Ambar Ali, a resident of Hotamara village of the upazila.
Locals said Ambar Ali died on the spot as a hailstorm swept through Bochhai dam of Pakna haor in the upazila when he was returning home from Dirai upazila at about 2:30am.
Standing crops on vast tracts of land and over 100 houses were also damaged by the storm that lashed the upazila.
The injured were admitted to the upazila health complex and different hospitals.
10 villages in Jhenaidah hit by nor’wester
A violent storm lashed about 10 villages at Kaliganj upazila, Jhenidah.
During the storm, around 120 houses have been damaged and about 20 people received injuries.
Of the injured, condition of a housewife Maria Khatun, wife of Shafikul Islam of Ramchandrapur village, is stated to be critical.
She has taken admission to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex while the rest have taken first aid. The affected villages are Kharikadanga, Kamalhat, Ghoshpara, Kola, Ramchandrapur, Talian, Rakra Bittipara, Khalkula, Binotpur and Daspara.
Local people said the nor’wester hit these villages around 11pm and lasted only 10 minutes. But during the time, the storm damaged houses, crops and uprooted a good number of trees.
Sukur Ali, a farmer of Kharikadanga village, said he had never seen such a violent storm in his life.
“Vegetables on my two bighas of land have been completely damaged,” he said.
Agriculture Officer Mosharraf Hossain of Kaliganj upazila said crops on two hectares of land damaged by the rain.
On receiving information, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Kaliganj upazila Manowar Hossain Mollah, Upazila Vice-Chairman Motiar Rahman Moti and Kola UP Chairman Ayub Hossain visited the area yesterday morning.
The UNO added that he had sent written application to DC Shafikul Islam asking for urgent relief of the victims.