Staff Reporter:
Around a hundred houses were damaged while a number of trees were uprooted during a nor’wester in Faridpur district early Thursday.
Twenty villages under Pachuria and Bana unions in Alfadanga upazila were battered by the storm.
Residents of the villages – Sirgram, Garania, Pakuria, Taboni, Tonapara, Sialdi Charpara, Joydebpur, Aushir haat, Kutharakandi, Majpara, Arpara in Bana union; Jugibarat, Bhatpara, Chandra, Pachuria, Deuli, Charnarandia, Dhuljuri, and Charbhatpara in Pachuria union – remained in darkness as electric wires were also snapped during the storm.
A vast track of croplands was also damaged while trees were uprooted, halting road communications in different parts of the upazila.
AKM Zahidul Hasan Zahid, chairman of Alfadanga upazila, said the storm started sweeping through the upazila around 1am.
Many people have taken shelter under the open sky as their thatched houses were blown away during the storm.
Additional General Manager of Alfadanga sub-zonal officer of Palli Bidyut Samity said some electric poles were uprooted while wires got snapped, disrupting the power connection. Work is going on to resume the power supply, he said.
Faridpur Deputy Commissioner Md Quamrul Ahsan Talukder said directives have been given to provide all-out support to those affected in the storm.
