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247 accidental deaths in Barisal last year

From Our Correspondent
BARISAL. Jan 16 : Two hundred forty-seven persons died in several accidents last year in three southern districts of the country Barisal, Patuakhall and Bhola.
Out of the total, 217 per sons died In boat, trawler and launch accidents, 5 persons In marine dacoitics and 25 persons In other accidents.
It is to be mentioned here that these accounts exclude the death figures relating to land disputes, personal en mlty, crops dispute.
Thirty four vehicles including launches,trawlers and fish ing boats and ferry boats have been sunken due to tornado, over loading of passengers and
Properties worth more than Taka 20 lakh including cash 10 rifles were
period.
7,40,177 immunized
A total of 7.40,177 children and expectant mothers were immunized in 10 upazilas of the district under Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) during the 1989-90 fi nancial year. Upazilas arc Barisal Sadar, Gournadi. Agailjhara . BakcrganJ. Muladl. Banariphra, Babuganj, Hizla. Mchcndlganj and Uzirpur.
According to an official source, the immunization programme covered childrens, pregnant women and mothers against deptherta, tubcr-culo sis. whooping cough, polio.
n.IM children were given DPT Injection. 86.127 Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV), 69,482 measles vaccines and the rest 95,334 were given BCG vaccines.
Besides. 63.917 expectant moters and 3,79,119 mothers were given Tetanus Toxid tT.T) injections under this programme.
About 100 Immunization centres were opened at different places of these upazilas.
The programme was im-plemented under Ihe joint auspices ofc the UNICEF, the WHO and the government of Bangladesh.
Arms recovery
According to Barisal police office, following arms and ammunition have been recovered through special police operations in the district Iasi year.
The arms include rifles -5. guns-5. ’ gun-barrels-1. revolver-5. pfpcguns-32. alrguns-1, bayonets-1. hand bombs-4, ramdao-2. daggcrs-5, ri fie-bullcts-56. rounds gun-car-tridgcs53. empty rifle bullcts-3. revolver bullcts-3, rounds and bullet changers-1.
Besides during the stipulated time general amnesty for depositing illegal arms following arms and ammunlting have been deposited : pipeguns-10, rcvolvcr-2. cock tail-2, rifle bullcts-6, rounds and gun cartridge-17.
Sahidur Rahman Bhuiyan. SP Bakerganj told that police operations are still going on.