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Sheikh Hasina said flood affects people including farmers damaging
households and crops and reminded all that it also benefits the yields
carrying silt and other ingredients to make the cultivable land more fertile.
The premier asked the people to be cautious in using modern equipment such
as electricity, gas cylinder and flammable substances to minimize the risk
caused by the modernization, saying, “modernisation gives us comfort, but it
also creates risks. We should be careful to keep the risk at the minimum
level”.
She asked the people to remain careful and prepared in their offices and
houses to face any disasters.
Referring to the 1991 cyclone during the BNP-Jamaat regime, she said, “The
then government was not aware about the disaster for which thousands of
people were killed”.
She also said her government had successfully tackled the 1997 cyclone,
recalling that she cancelled her Spain tour soon after the cyclone hit
Bangladesh.
The PM asked the National Disaster Management Council to make it’s
preparation time-befitting to fix do’s and dont’s to face the disasters in
the coming days.
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