Dhaka:- Weather permitting, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may visit the coastal district affected by the tropical cyclone, a senior minister said on Monday.
The cyclone Remal that lashed the coastline of Bangladesh and parts of Indian state of West Bengal left at least 10 people dead and caused damage to home and property in the affected areas.
Obaidul Quader, the Road Transport and Bridges Affairs Minister, told a news conference in Dhaka that the Prime Minister would visit the coastal areas once the weather situation improves.
Quader, also the general secretary of the ruling Awami League party, said the Prime Minister herself monitored the situation overnight as the cyclone made land fall on Sunday evening.
He said other party leaders will accompany the Prime Minister during her visit to the cyclone-hit areas.
Quader said the coastal areas witnessed high tide during the storm and casued colossal damage to households and infrastructures.
He said the public representatives and AL leaders and activists have been instructed to stand by the cyclone-affected people.
The government has provided dry foods and fresh water while work is underway to assess the extent of the damage, he added.
AL Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organizing secretaries BM Mozammel Haque, Mirza Azam, SM Kamal Hossain and Sujit Roy Nandi, Relief and Social Welfare Affairs Secretary Aminul Islam Amin, Office Secretary Biplab Barua and Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan, among others, were present at the press conference.
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