By: PramodKumar
BANGLADESH has incurred losses worth $129 million due to cyclone Amphan, according to initial government estimates.
At least 26 districts across the country have been affected by the cyclone, said Enamur Rahman, state minister for disaster management and relief.
The ministry has put the death toll from Cyclone Amphan at 10.
The cyclone struck the Indian states of West Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday (20) evening and moved into Bangladesh later in the night, devastating villages, tearing down power lines, collapsing dams and leaving large tracts of land under water.
It will take a week for the government to measure the full scale of the damage, the minister said.
Around 1,100 km road at 26 districts, including Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira, have been damaged by the cyclone, local media reported.
The storm also affected more than 200 bridges and culverts, 233 government infrastructures and sources of safe drinking water.
The harvests of jute and lentils, summer fruits mango and litchi have been affected in Barishal and Khulna divisions, the agriculture ministry said.
