<div style="text-align: justify; "><b>r<span style="font-size: 1rem;">Around hundreds of houses were damaged while a number of trees were uprooted during a nor’wester in Faridpur district early Thursday (March 28, 2024).</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Twenty villages under Pachuria and Bana unions in Alfadanga upazila of the district were battered by the storm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Residents of the 20 villages – Sirgram, Garania, Pakuria, Taboni, Tonapara, Sialdi Charpara, Joydebpur, Aushir haat, Kutharakandi, Majpara, Arpara in Bana union; Jugibarat, Bhatpara, Chandra, Pachuria, Deuli, Charnarandia, Dhuljuri and Charbhatpara in Pachuria union – remained in darkness as many electric wires were also snapped during the storm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A vast track of cropslands were also damaged while trees were uprooted, halting road communications in different parts of the upazila.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">AKM Zahidul Hasan Zahid, chairman of Alfadanga upazila, said the storm started sweeping through the upazila around 1 am.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many people have taken shelter under the open sky as their thatched houses were blown away during the storm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additional General Manager of Alfadanga Sub-zonal officer of Palli Bidyut Samity, said some electric poles were uprooted while some wires got snapped, disrupting power connection, reports unb</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Work is going on to resume power supply, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quamrul Ahsan Talukdar, deputy commissioner of Faridpur, said directives have been given to provide all-out support to those affected in the storm.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>