Counting cyclone losses, Bangladeshis call for more climate action
Cyclone Remal's devastation has fuelled calls for the country to ramp up preparations for increasingly wild weather.
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Cyclone Remal's devastation has fuelled calls for the country to ramp up preparations for increasingly wild weather.
Remal caused fisheries losses estimated at about 1.7 billion taka, local media reported
As Bangladeshis count their losses from the cyclone that lashed low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, calls are growing for the government to bolster storm defences and aid mechanisms as extreme weather becomes more common.
Although the demand for railway tickets on the Chattogram-Sylhet route has been increasing every year, the authorities of Bangladesh Railway could not add a single passenger train to the route in the last two decades.