Dhaka Bureau: People’s life has been disturbed due to cold current in the whole country including the capital Dhaka. Most people in the country do not fare well in the Konkan cold. Meanwhile, the prevalence of cold, cough and asthma has increased.
Srimangal in Moulvibazar is experiencing the lowest temperature in the country for the second consecutive day.
The Meteorological Department recorded a minimum temperature of 9 degrees Celsius in Srimangal at 9 am on Wednesday (January 4). Earlier on Tuesday, Srimangal recorded the lowest temperature of the year at 8.5 degrees Celsius.
According to the Meteorological Office, if the temperature of a region falls below 10 degrees Celsius, then it is considered that there is a cold current in that region. If the temperature is between 8 degrees Celsius, it is considered as a mild frost, 6-8 degrees as moderate and below 6 as severe frost. If the temperature in Sylhet drops to only zero and five degrees Celsius, there may be a moderate cold current for the first time this winter.
Due to thick fog, vehicles are moving on the roads and highways of the country with their headlines burning even in the morning. In some places, the fog is so dense that even objects 20 feet away cannot be seen.
On the other hand, the normal ferry service has been disrupted for two days on the Paturia-Daulatdia route. As a result passengers and vehicles are getting stuck in the ghats. These stranded passengers and vehicle workers have to wait for hours to cross the ferry. There is no end to the suffering of the passengers at the ferry wharves. The workers and passengers of these vehicles have to face various problems including food, sewage. Children and women passengers are facing more difficulties especially in this winter.
Mild cold current is blowing in different parts of the country including Sylhet, Srimangal, Naogaon, Panchagarh, Jessore and Chuadanga districts. The severity of winter is increasing with the cold air. Especially in some districts of the northern part of the country, the sun has been seen for a week. In order to escape from the pain of bone-chilling winter, poor people are taking a little warmth by burning straw. As the sun is covered with fog all day long, many people cannot even go out of their homes to look for work. As a result, daily labourers, rickshaw-vans, pushers, agricultural laborers and laborers have no income. Many people are coming out of their houses even in severe winter in the hope of getting work to get two handfuls of food, but there is no work. Due to lack of work, the working people are living inhuman life.
