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Aila Aftermath in Bangladesh & India


Rescuers have failed to reach many remote areas left battered by water surges whipped up by cyclone Aila as it ripped through the coastline into India on Monday, killing at least 127 people in Bangladesh. Although the newspapers say more than 160 people

Many others went missing, local officials and residents in the areas affected by the cyclone said on Tuesday.

The government, however, confirmed 91 deaths in 13 coastal districts, saying that the death toll could be rising as more deaths were reported by district administrations.
Relief materials were yet to reach the cyclone-hit people, who are still marooned without food and drinking water.

The food and disaster management minister, Abdur Razzak, said the army had been called in for rescue and relief operation in the affected areas. Five navy vessels also reached the coastal areas to begin relief operation on Wednesday, the minister said at a briefing Tuesday evening.
Lives and property in the offshore islands and coastal areas were destroyed in Bangladesh as Aila crossed over Sagar Island into India through Rajshahi towards Dinajpur in Bangladesh.

Water remained stagnant till Tuesday afternoon and there was no sign of recession. Water was rather rising in places in Bhola, Noakhali and Barguna during high tide in the afternoon.

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