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AMPHAN-PREPARATION
Ctg prepares for cyclone Amphan
CHATTOGRAM, May 18, 2020 (BSS) – Chattogram district administration has
taken all kinds of preparations to face the cyclone ‘Amphan’, which is likely
to strike the country between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Chattogram district administration sources said shelter centres have
already been prepared, sufficient medical teams have also been formed and
announcement with laud speaker is being carried out in the coastal belts so
that people could move to safer places from vulnerable areas.
Yasmin Pervin Tibriji, deputy director (local government) of Chattogram
district administration, said a meeting was held in this regard with Deputy
Commissioner Md Ilias Hossain in the chair.
The deputy commissioner has instructed the executive officers of the
coastal upazilas to keep ready the shelter centres in their respective areas.
In addition, fishing trawlers have been asked to stay in safer places as
the sea is getting rough due to the storm Amphan.
The port’s shipping and transport department have set up two control rooms
for the exchange of emergency information, the source added.
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