What to do after hearing about the loss, it’s all over. I don’t know if my son will eat or not, Remal has put me on the road. The forty-year-old Bilal Khan of Gabura’s Chandnimukha village became heavy as he spoke the words. Bilal, the father of two children, who is a fence trader, took control of himself and said, “I have fished for twenty thousand rupees a day ago, today I came out of the fence at noon”.

Bilal said that he has no land other than his residence. Even three years ago, he was working as an agricultural laborer on the land of the villagers as well as farming and making a living. Later, thinking about the family’s prosperity, he started shrimp farming by taking other people’s land. But after two years, he is on the road again. But this time he has added the burden of debt. Bilal claims that his 10-bigha land of prawns has been washed away like many others due to continuous rain due to Rimal. Apart from paying hari (lease) of 11 thousand per bigha, he has already invested another 1 lakh 10 thousand for other expenses including fishing. 70 thousand from Nawabenki Gonmukhi Foundation and the remaining one and a half lakh taka is a loan taken from local mahjong. He also claimed that he is now sitting on the road as the entire perimeter has been washed away.

Sakij Gazi of Napitkhali village describes almost identical helplessness. The old man, a trawler (engine-powered boat) driver by profession, said that he and his only son took turns ferrying passengers across the river. Their seven-member family is supported by the earnings of the two. However, he is now destitute as the trawler moored in the river sank in the Kapotaksha river on Sunday night. As the way of earning income is closed, the future is far away, they are worried about buying rice, pulses, oil and water for today.

But not only Bilal or Sakim Ghazi. Rather, Cyclone Remal has left Azizul Haque of Napitkhali, Huda Mali of Harishakhali, Keneram Mandal and many others on the way. Now they are completely destitute as their only source of income is the homesteads built on high interest loans and the shrimp enclosures. They said that they are worried about living in the area considering the burden of loans taken from local associations and moneylenders.

Arvind Mondal of Sindhatali village near Sundarbans said that he built four sheds four months ago with the money taken from the association. But on Monday afternoon, due to the storm, his rice flew into the nearby river. Banashree along with his family took shelter in the cyclone shelter of the school as the house was washed away. Arvind, the father of three, started shedding tears saying that it would not be possible for him to build a house again in his lifetime.

Meanwhile, Jahura Begum of Napitkhali said she lost her husband Shaukat Ali on the way to the cyclone shelter the previous night. They were going to the cyclone shelter with their six-year-old grandson as the boys were out of the area for work. The family of three depended on the husband’s goat farm while living on the government land on the banks of the river. Apart from losing her husband, Napitkhali Primary School’s cyclone shelter became her refuge as her house was swept away by the tide. Like Jahura, even though she did not lose her husband, many others reported losing their source of income, including their homestead, due to Remal. The families could not turn around even after 12 years of Ayala’s injury. Even though the dam did not break, the tidal water overflowing with the continuous rains made them very calm.

Gabura Union Parishad Chairman Masudul Alam said that due to the timely intervention of the administration, the loss of life was avoided as people took shelter in the cyclone shelter. However, in addition to the strong tidal water and wave impact with the storm, in the continuous rain, about 1000 bighas of shrimp land in Gabura alone were washed away in the water. A request will be made to the Deputy Commissioner for the help of Jahura Begum, an old woman who has lost her husband.

Shyamnagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Najibul Alam said that there was no damage except for the death of one person on Sunday. However, it will take time to determine the number and extent of damage even though numerous shrimps were washed away by the heavy rains along with the storm on Monday.

1468 houses were destroyed in Satkhira due to rainstorm, 2 lakh people were affected

In the coastal upazilas of Shyamnagar and Asashuni of Satkhira, there have been reports of overflowing of embankments and inundation of fisheries due to heavy rains. The fishing village has been submerged in tidal water. 1 thousand 468 houses were destroyed. About 2 lakh 21 thousand 176 people were affected by the storm. Besides, 604 hectares of crops and 200 hectares of fish resources were damaged due to cyclone Remal and heavy rains. Crop fields, fences and ponds were washed away.

Satkhira District Commissioner Muhammad Humayun Kabir informed this information on Monday (May 27) night.

According to the information of the control room of the district administration, 1 thousand 468 houses of the district have been destroyed in the cyclone. People of 43 unions are directly affected. Numerous trees have been uprooted in Shyamnagar, Asashuni and Kaliganj upazilas along with Satkhira town. About 221 thousand 176 people were affected by the storm.

An old man named Shaukat Moral died on his way to the shelter in Napitkhali area of ​​Gabura union. He is the son of deceased Narim Moral of Napitkhali village.

Shyamnagar upazila executive officer Najibul Alam said, “There was no major damage in the cyclone. The initial information we received shows that 541 mud houses have been damaged in twelve unions including Gabura, Padmapukur, Burigoalini, Atulia in Shyamnagar. Of these, 93 were completely and 448 partially damaged. Although the strong tide overflowed the river and entered the localities, there were no reports of the dam breaking. However, due to yesterday’s continuous rain, some fish cages have sunk.

Satkhira Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Humayun Kabir said, “The effect of Cyclone Remal has been going on for two consecutive days. In various upazilas there has been extensive loss of life and property. The list of all these damages will be determined and cooperated in stages.