Staff Reporter, Sirajganj :
District Administration in Sirajganj stands by the poorest people, who have been suffering from cold as the cold wave has been sweeping over the northern region including different Chars (shoals) of Sirajganj district for over the last month.
Meanwhile, 56,410 pieces of blanket have been distributed among the poor of nine upazilas in the district with the aim to alleviate their sufferings.
According to the sources, people of different Chars and rural areas in the district are worst affected with the ongoing cold spells. Many children and elderly men are being affected with different cold borne diseases like cold-cough, fever, asthma, pneumonia, dairrhoea and dysentery due to lack of warm clothes during the cold wave.
