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RANGPUR, Jan 19, 2025 (BSS) - The county's lowest temperature today dropped
to 7.9 degrees Celsius at Tentulia, exposing the poor, elderly people and
children to miseries there till noon in the northern region.
 
The local Met Office sources said the minimum temperatures dropped by two to
three degrees Celsius although the maximum temperatures mostly remained
unchanged in the last 24 hours ending at 6 am today in the region.

"The temperature may continue to drop in the next few days and a mild cold
wave may blow in the region in the next few days," Rangpur Meteorological
Office Chief Md Mostafizur Rahman told BSS tonight.

Besides, the minimum temperatures recorded today were 11.9 degrees Celsius at
Rangpur, 11.9 degrees at Dinajpur, 10.2 degrees at Saidpur and 10.5 degrees
at Dimla and 9.6 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat monitoring points in the region.
 
Meanwhile, the maximum temperatures marked a very little fluctuation at most
places and remained between 22.8 degrees and 26.6 degrees Celsius today in
the region.
 
Like yesterday, the weather remained better as the sun appeared in a clear
sky free from fog and clouds today across the northern region where common
people conducted their daily activities normally.
 
Rangpur Civil Surgeon Dr Mostafa Zaman Chowdhury said doctors continued to
treat ailing people with cough, fever, asthma and other cold- related
diseases at the hospitals and health facilities today like in the previous
few weeks.
 
"We have adequate stock of medicines and special steps were taken at the
government-run health facilities to treat cold-related patients, including
babies and children in the district like in other areas of the region," he
added.
 
District Relief and Rehabilitation Officers (DRRO) said the district
administrations, NGOs and other organisations have been continuing
distribution of warm clothes to cold- hit people in all eight districts of
Rangpur division.
 
Rangpur DRRO Md Motahar Hossain said the government allocated 5,000 pieces of
more blankets on Thursday raising the total number of allocated and locally
purchased blankets to 33,372 pieces for Rangpur district.
 

"Distribution of 33,372 pieces of blankets allocated so far is nearing
completion in the district," he added.

Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) for
Rangpur region Agriculturist Md Obaidur Rahman Mondal said that the cold wave
didn't cause any harm or cold injuries so far to any variety of growing
winter crop plants.

"Our officials are assisting farmers in taking proper care of growing Rabi
crop plants and Boro rice seedlings. Transplantation of Boro rice seedlings
continues amid sunny weather despite temporary fogy weather in the morning in
recent days," he added.