“”> At 3 pm on Saturday, the wind speed is increasing in the coastal upazila Chakaria of Cox’s Bazar. So the resident of Chakaria Konakhali Union was looking for safe shelter with his family. Abul Hossain. As announced by the government, he went to Konakhali Ward No. 7 North Phulchari Shelter. Go and see that the shelter is closed. He then stood outside the shelter for some time. He called the National Emergency Service 999 in the early morning. The police went and arranged to unlock the shelter. Finally he took refuge there with his family.
Abul Hossain said, “The shelter has been closed even after hearing the cyclone is coming. Later I called the National Emergency Service 999. The police came and opened the shelter.’
Same thing happened in Hatia like Chakriya last night. Noakhali from Hatia Upazila. A young man named Babul Uddin called National Emergency Service 999 around 9 pm and said that the Hatia Degree College shelter was locked. Many are unable to get inside after coming to seek shelter. 999 authorities received the phone and told the local police about Babul. The police of the local police station went and arranged to open the lock of the shelter.
Babul Uddin told Aqer Atrika, ‘Hatia is a very disaster area. Any natural calamity takes a terrible form here. That’s why people want to go to shelters. But even after hearing about such a big cyclone, the authorities kept the shelter locked. So I called the National Emergency Service 999. The police have come and arranged to open the shelter.’
Hundreds of thousands of people have called the national emergency service 999 since last Friday for updated weather information. However, 39 people called from Friday to Sunday 11 am for direct help in Mokha-related incidents. Most of them complained about shelters.
National Emergency Service 999 inspector Anwar Sattar told Ajker newspaper that countless calls are coming in for weather information. We are helping everyone with information. Some callers are linked with Meteorological Office.
The pronounced low pressure over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjacent South Andaman Sea area has moved north and northwest and intensified into a deep depression, developing into a cyclone. Today it may hit the coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
