Anushandhitshu 
A fierce Cyclone 'SIDR'
A fierce cyclone that has whipped up tidal waves is wreaking havoc and destruction
on Bangladesh’s southwestern coast.
Homes have been wiped out and trees uprooted in what officials described as
the worst storm in more than 15 years.
Packing winds of over 100 miles an hour, the furious cyclone that swept across
the low-lying watery edges of southern Bangladesh late Thursday downed trees,
sent mobile telephone towers crashing and swept away mud and thatch homes.
Long vulnerable to nature's fury, Bangladesh stands to suffer even more from
extreme weather events like this as a result of human-induced climate change,
scientists say. It was too early for government officials and independent
relief workers to quantify the total scale of damage, though it was clear
that by Bangladeshi standards, the impact would likely be relatively low.
Our Relief Distribution Activities'Phase-01'
Anushandhitshu Chokro Science Organization has distributed relief material at Cyclone ``SIDR’’ affected people. First Team has distributed food, household materials and money at Pathorghata Upozilla, Borguna District Bangladesh. 484 families has received relief from this team. Second Team has distributed relief at Bamna Upozilla, Borguna Districts, Bangladesh.
| Team | Number of Families | Given Materials | Disburse amount |
01 |
484 |
5 kg rice ½ kg lentil (dal) 1 Piece Jug 1 Plate 1 Pan 2 liter water 2 packet oral saline 1 match box |
1,33,300
taka |
02 |
300 |
2 kg rice ½ kg lentil (dal) ½ kg biscuits cloth 200 taka |
1,28,000
taka |
Contributors
in this relief amount: |
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| Anushandhitshu
Chokro, Mugda Branch Anushandhitshu Chokro, Chandpur Branch Dhaka Polytechnic Institute Anushandhitshu Chokro, Mirpur Branch BDCOM Online Ltd. RACE, Grameen Phone Qazi Sabr Uz Zaman Farhana Binte Munir Jasimuddin Rezu Shiek Rahhan Ahmed Shahedur Rahman Arif Rahman Nahid Newaj Jubayer Ahmed Nuruzzaman Chowdhury Juno (Student group of Sydney University) Mesba Abdur Rahim Gazi Shusmita Yameen Tonmoy Shakil Ezaz Sajjad Ali Abeda Gulrukh |
Junayed
Rahmat Ullah Toriqul Islam (Ontu) Shahidul Hasan Imon Belida Chesher Lisa Calabria Ryan Gurney Lynda O'Brien Pragnesh Parekh Mohibbur Rahman Mahady Hasan Tareq Fahreeal Alam Mostofa Akbar Fahmy A.B.M. Abdullah Al Marbin Wahid A Chowdhury Hafiz Chowdhury Sayedul Haque Dilu Shahid Saber Abul Hasnat Ratan Jahangir Runa Naznin Malik Tumpa And More |
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Island of death
and destiny
Inam Ahmed and Zayadul Ahsan on board BNS Modhumati at Dublar Char
The trees started floating in. Sundari and Keora. Whole trees. Stumps with roots protruding in all directions. Leaves creating a long trail on the sea water. They streamed by BNS Modhumati, as the navy's patrol craft cruised for hours towards Dublar Char, the island first to receive the brunt of the hurricane.
On the shores, the trees had taken on a curious look they looked as if somebody had torched the whole forest, turning bronze. Grim reminders of what awaited ahead.
In the distance, a menacing black cloud had formed. Suddenly, the wind was blowing with a full force our caps and jackets flew in the air. In the distance the outline of an island was visible. A Navy ship anchored a bit to the right.
Then came the stench. Stench of fried fish that makes you almost sick. Through the binoculars came in view of boats, moored haphazardly by the shore. Then we saw the smokes rising and a few scrawny figures standing by the water.
This was Alor Koley, the part of the Dublar Char Island that first faced the wind and was totally flattened.
It was already dark when a country boat took us to the shore. The picture
that met us was even darker. Hundreds of fishermen are wandering on the island's
sandy beach. Hardened by winds, blackened by daylong exposure to the sun,
they looked at us vacantly. Only a few lamps burned timidly in the boats.
Preliminary reports from the fragile delta regions of the Bay of Bengal indicated
that rivers had swelled so high that water punched through mud embankments
and washed away paddy and vegetable fields, ruining the year's earnings for
peasants who live off of those lands.
In one district, called Shatkhira, according to local journalists, roughly
5,000 mud homes collapsed back into the ground. Local relief workers for Caritas,
the Catholic relief agency, reported that an entire island in Barisal district
was submerged under at least six feet of water and houses were blown away
by winds.
A fierce Cyclone 'SIDR'
Dear All
Anushandhitshu Chokro Science organization is going to help Cyclone ``SIDR’’
affected people. All of we know that this fierce cyclone had swept across
the southern Bangladesh 15.11.07 Thursday drowned human beings, tress; crashing
and swept away mud and thatch homes.
Our voluntary team will distribute food and money at Pathaorghata upazilla,
Barguna District.
Dear member and well wisher, who like to help these cyclone affected people,
please contact us.
Regards,
Benuka Fedousi
President
Anushandhitshu Chokro Science Organization
Phone: 01911162133, 01819497757