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OVER 100 FISHERMEN MISSING IN BAY OF BENGAL AS CYCLONE HIT

By our correspondent:

Cox’s Bazar, November 18: Over 100 Rohingya fishermen

remained missing after 12th November’s Cyclone hit

that lashed the coastal belt of Cox’s Bazar of

Bangladesh, said our correspondent from Cox’s Bazar.

Our correspondent further added that bodies of 2

fishermen were washed ashore on 13th November. Some

fishing boats and trawlers while fishing in Bay of

Bengal were hit and damaged by rough waves and strong

gale-force winds. Some fishermen who returned from the

Bay said that they saw 3 bodies were floating on the

sea.

The local boats owner of Cox’s Bazar claimed that at

least 25 trawlers with around 150 fishermen, of them

over100 are Rohingyas, are still missing. The cyclone

inundated vast tracts of lands in the southern region

of Bangladesh, damaging farmlands and shrimp bed, our

sources said.

5 to 7 feet tidal surge swept through some coastal

areas during the cyclone. Naval forces have been

ordered to search for the missing fishermen, reported

in the Daily Star Newspaper on 14th November.

The missing fishermen are mostly unofficial and

official refugees, sources added. 

Editor

Kaladan Press