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20 killed as nor'wester hits country

By Staff Correspondent
At least 20 persons were killed and about 270 injured. 50 of them seriously, as Nor'wester lashed different areas all over the country from Thursday to Sunday.
.The storm killed 12 in Ser ajganj. 8 in Comilla and 2 in Dhamrai and one Hartrampur.
Our Comilla Correspondent reports: Five persons were killed and about 200 injured.
50 seriously, as Nor'wester lashed Comilla town on Sunday afternoon.
Of the dead, four persons could be identified They are Abbas All (75). Kazi Nazrul Islam (10) . All Akbar and Sujan (12). Some seriously injured are: Babul (8) . Manlr (10). Faizunnessa (60). Farid (35). Moqbul Hossain Master (45). Munni (7). Mrs. Razia (40) and
Ripon (2).
The Nor'wester hit Noa-para. Champaknagar. Satra. Shasangachha in the western part of the town and adjoining village. More than 500 houses were destroyed and about 30 electric poles were either uprooted or damaged.
Eyewitnesses and SuperIn tendent of Police. Comilla estimated the amount of loss at
about Taka 1 crore. Electricity supply tn the town was cut off and couldn't be restored as the electricity office was also badly damaged.
The wall and the roof of the local BADC seed preservation centre collapsed. Seeds worth Taka two lakhs were damaged.
Telecommunication lines of six upazilas — Burlchong, Lak-sham. Chouddagram. Barura,
Chandina and Brahmanpara with Comilla Sadar have also snapped.
A four-member medical team has been working under the supervision of Ctvil Surgeon. Comilla.
Police and fire bridge personnel are conducting rescue operations
Our ManikganJ Correspondent says A severe Nor’wester •wept over Dhaka and Manlkganj districts Saturday killing at least three persons and Injuring over 25 others.
The Nor’wester accompanied by hail storm and rain also destroyed about 1.000 Kutcha houses and damaged huge standing crops. A good number of trees were also uprooted during the storm which continued for about half an hour.
Of the three dead two persons are from Dhamral upazila under Dhaka district and another from Harirampur upazila of ManfkganJ district. All of them were killed by lightning . Upazila Chairman of Dhamral. AlhaJ Tamtjuddin Ahmed, on Sunday confirmed two deaths in his upazila. Harirampur Upazila Chairman Taleb Hossain also reported another lightning death at Latakhola He also Informed that 25 persons were injured by flying corrugated tins and tree branches.
UNB adds from Serajganj: At least 12 people were killed and 20 others injured in three days (Thursday-Saturday) when Nor’wester lashed three upazl-las of the district.
About 1,000 kutcha houses were damaged and many trees uprooted by Nor'westers which swept over Shahzadpur, Ulla-para and Sadar Upazila between March 28 and 30. police and villagers said.
The upazllawlse break up of those killed are: Shahzadpur-4. Ullapara-3 and Serajganj sadar-
Of the victims. 10 were identified as Ramzan Ah (28) . Rupbatl(28) . Mukul (18). Halim (26) and Aamat (27) of Shahzadpur upazila, Moinal(40) and Akbar (28) of Uliapara and Hasina (30). Sal ful (37) and Shahana (7) of Sadar.
State Minister for Irrigation. Flood Control and Water Resources Ansar All Siddiqi Sunday visited the affected areas and assured the storm-hit people of necessary help.