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Cyclone may hit coasts today
T^c cyclonic storm In the central Bay may hit Tuesday evening or night the coastal areas of Cox's Bazar. Chltta-gong. Noakhall. Feni and Paluakhall with wind velocity ridng upto 90-115 km per hcur, weather office forecast last night, reports UNB.
Maritime port of Chitta-Sig has been advised to
st danger signal number 7 ard Cox's Bazar danger signal ntmbcr 6 while Mongla to ksp hoisted local warning sigial No 4.
Low lying areas of the colstal regions arc likely to
be inundated by a moderate storm surge of six to eight feet height above normal astronomical tide, the forecast said.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the National Coordination Committee for Cyclone Preparedness was held here Monday night at the Bangabhaban with Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia In the chair.
Begum Zia directed all concerned to further strengthen the precautionary measures In the coastal districts.
She also asked various ministries to be fully pre-
pared for post-cyclone rescue. relief and rehabilitation measures. She also advised all concerned to make use of the experience gained from the last year's cyclone.
Begum Zia appealed to the people of the coastal areas to listen to cyclone advice given through radio, television and local authorities.
The meeting was attended by Ministers, State Ministers, Chairman of the Red Crescent Society, Secretaries and other senior officials.
An emergency meeting of the Implementation Board of
the Cyclone Preparedness Programme was also held yesterday (Monday) at the Relief Ministry to take precautionary measures following the depression over Bay.
Presided over by the Secretary, Ministry of Relief, M A Hakim, the meeting was attended by the high officials of the concerned ministries and agencies.
The meeting had taken some Important decisions to face the possible cyclone and tidal surge successfully due to the depression In the Bay of Bengal. The meeting de-
cided to keep ready necessary transports including helicopter and vessels for emergency relief operation, supply of dry food, drinking water, matches etc on emergency basis open relief control rooms which will operate round the clock at Relief Ministry, Directorate of Relief and Rehabilitation and in concerned districts and upazila headquarters.
The meeting asked the divisional, district and up-aztla administrations to arrange cyclone preparedness meetings regularly and be
ready for meeting any calamities on emergency basis.
The meeting also advised national media specially Radio and Television to announce weather bulletin repeatedly.
Another report says, Patuakhall district administration has taken all preparatory measures to face probable eventualities due to cyclonic storm, official sources said.
Trawlers, launches and rescue boats have been sent to Islands and coastal areas of the district specially to Galachipa. Dashmtna and Kalapara upazlfas for shifting the people living In the Islands to a safer place.
Round-the-clock control rooms have been opened in all the upazila headquarters. Six medical teams, with necessary drugs, have also been formed.
In each of the upazila 25 tonnes of wheat, ata and dry food have been stocked.
People are being asked over loudspeakers to move to safer places and protect their lives and properly
Cox's Bazar district administration alerted the people of the coastal areas to move to safer places.
A meeting of the district officials held at the Deputy Commissioner's chamber with the Deputy Commissioner in the chair'dccidcd to take all necessary preparations to face the anticipated danger.
All upazila administrations of the district have been asked to help people move to cyclone shelters. Instructions had also been given for storing food and water at all the shelters.