Cyclone Bulbul: 22-day baby moves to shelter in Satkhira

Twenty-two-day-old Mamun is probably the youngest among almost a thousand people who have taken shelter in Patakhali Government Primary School cyclone centre in Shyamnagar Upazila under Satkhira district.

His mother Ambia Begum said they were almost forcefully brought to the shelter ahead of the approaching severe cyclonic storm Bulbul.

Expressing her ire over the fact that they have to move to shelters leaving their home whenever a cyclone approaches, Ambia said, "How many times we will have to come here?

"We have to take shelter here leaving everything at home. We do not have any security of our life. We do not know for how many days we will have to stay here."

"The administration think of us only when any disaster takes place. No one inquire about us the rest of the year," Ambia continued.

Paddmapuku union parishad Chairman Advocate Ataur Rahman said more than 10,000 people have taken shelter at 13 centres in the union.

Superviser of district administration control room Proshanto Kumar Rai said a total of 1,46,000 people have been brought to shelter centres across the district.

Members of the district administration, police, coast guard and navy evacuated those people since Saturday morning. Local public representatives also worked to take people to safer places.