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Emergency Situation Report on Cold Wave Title:

Emergency Bangladesh Location: 20°22'N-26°36'N, 87°48'E-92°41'E,

Covering From : TUE-08-JAN-2013:1800 Period: To : WED-09-JAN-2013:1400

Transmission Date/Time: WED-09-JAN-2013:1600

Prepared DMIC, CDMP, MoDMR by:

Situation Report on Cold Wave

Weather Forecast

Forecast: Weather is likely to remain dry with tempo. partly cloudy sky over the country. Thick fog

may occur over the river basins and moderate to thick fog may occur elsewhere over the country during mid night till noon.

Cold wave: Moderate to severe cold wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and it may continue.

Temperature: Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.

The lowest minimum temperature of the country is likely to be (04 – 05)°C and the highest maximum temperature may be (26 – 27)°C.

[Source: BMD; Date: January 9, 2013]

Earthquake Occurrence Earthquake: An Earthquake occured in Myanmar-India Border region with magnitude 5.9 (Moderate) at 07hours 41 minutes 52 sec BST on 09 January, 2013. The epicentre was 495 km north east from Earthquake observatory at Agargaon, Dhaka.

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Response

District Wise Allocation of Blanket in FY 2012-2013 [20/12/2012] Sl. Allocated Blanket Sl. Allocated Blanket District District No. (No.) No. (No.) Division: : Khulna 01 Dhaka 3871 34 Khulna 3325 02 Faridpur 3329 35 Kushtia 2955 03 2681 36 Magura 1716 04 Gopalganj 2004 37 Meherpur 1149 05 Jamalpur 4669 38 Jessore 3749 06 Kishoreganj 5698 39 Jhenaidah 2815 07 Madaripur 1920 40 Narail 1282 08 Manikganj 2676 41 Satkhira 3222 09 Munshiganj 2069 42 Bagerhat 3081 10 Mymensingh 7691 43 Chuadanga 1867 11 Narayanganj 2205 Total: 25161 12 Narsingdhi 3028 Division: Chittagong 13 Netrokona 4673 44 Bandarban 2147 14 Rajbari 1740 45 B.Baria 3738 15 Shariatpur 2418 46 Chandpur 3449 16 Sherpur 3208 47 Chittagong 6479 17 Tangail 5873 48 Comilla 6979 Total: 59,753 49 Cox’s Bazar 4207 Division: Rajshahi 50 Feni 2052 18 Bogra 6430 51 Khagrachari 2649 19 Joypurhat 2648 52 Laxmipur 2522 20 Rajshahi 5141 53 Noakhali 4438 21 Naogaon 6649 54 Rangamati 2649 22 Natore 3839 Total: 41309 23 Chapai 3814 Division: Sylhet Nawabganj 24 Pabna 5220 55 Sylhet 5503 25 Sirajganj 5954 56 Habiganj 3844 Total: 39,695 57 Moulvibazar 3470 Division: Rangpur 58 Sunamganj 5169 26 Dinajpur 7059 Total: 17986 27 Thakurgaon 3812 Division: Barisal 28 Panchagarh 3244 59 Barguan 1800 29 Rangpur 6929 60 Barisal 4117 30 3576 61 Bhola 3544 31 Nilphamari 4436 62 Jhalakathi 1369 32 Kurigram 5688 63 Patuakhali 3050 33 Gaibandha 5328 64 Pirojpur 2552 Total: 40,072 Total: 16432

Total in 7 Divisions: 2,40,408

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Allocation of Blanket received from Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd through Hon’ble Prime Minister’s Office Sl. Allocated Blanket Sl. Allocated Blanket District District No. (No.) No. (No.) 01 Gopalganj 4000 16 Panchagarh 5000 02 Jamalpur 4000 17 Rangpur 8000 03 Manikganj 1000 18 Nilphamari 4000 04 Munshiganj 1500 19 Kurigram 8000 05 Mymensingh 5000 20 Lalmonirhat 4000 06 Netrokona 1000 21 Gaibandha 5000 07 Sherpur 3000 22 Khulna 2000 08 Tangail 2000 23 Kushtia 1000 09 Bogra 2000 24 Meherpur 1500 10 Joypurhat 1500 25 Jessore 3500 11 Rajshahi 3000 26 Jhenaidah 1500 12 Pabna 2000 27 Satkhira 2000 13 Sirajganj 3000 28 Bagerhat 1500 14 Dinajpur 10000 29 Chuadanga 2000 15 Thakurgaon 5000 30 Sunamganj 3000

Total: 1,00,000

Allocation of Blanket received from Hon’ble Prime Minister’s Office Sl. Allocated Blanket Sl. Allocated Blanket District District No. (No.) No. (No.) 01 Panchagarh 1800 08 Gaibandha 3000 02 Thakurgaon 1800 09 Chuadanga 1200 03 Dinajpur 3900 10 Kushtia 2200 04 Nilphamari 2400 11 Meherpur 800 05 Lalmonirhat 1500 12 Moulvibazar 2400 06 Rangpur 3000 13 Magura 1500 07 Kurigram 3000 14 Gopalganj 2400

Total: 30,900

District wise Allocation of Blanket and shawl [03/01/2013] Sl. Allocated Blanket Allocated Shawl City Corporation No. (No.) (No.) 01 Joypurhat 1100 1100 02 Chapai Nawabganj 1500 1500 03 Natore 1800 1800 04 Bogra 2000 2000 05 Naogaon 3000 3000 06 Rajshahi 2000 2000 07 Rajbari 1500 1500 Total 12900 12900

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District Wise Money Allotment for Blanket in FY 2012-2013 [06/01/2013] Sl. Sl. District BDT District BDT No. No. Division: Dhaka Division: Khulna 01 Dhaka 679276 34 Khulna 818743 02 Faridpur 884711 35 Kushtia 538425 03 Gazipur 900286 36 Magura 270739 04 Gopalganj 488557 37 Meherpur 150000 05 Jamalpur 1291378 38 Jessore 1291937 06 Kishoreganj 691379 39 Jhenaidah 607800 07 Madaripur 423254 40 Narail 325724 08 Manikganj 510534 41 Satkhira 1118408 09 Munshiganj 376153 42 Bagerhat 804361 10 Mymensingh 2324124 43 Chuadanga 330736 11 Narayanganj 473155 Total: 6256873 12 Narsingdhi 649800 Division: Chittagong 13 Netrokona 685997 44 Bandarban 354739 14 Rajbari 431101 45 B.Baria 789270 15 Shariatpur 385325 46 Chandpur 593668 16 Sherpur 608572 47 Chittagong 981648 17 Tangail 1384619 48 Comilla 1197698 Total: 13,188,221 49 Cox’s Bazar 964888 Division: Rajshahi 50 Feni 2052 18 Bogra 1449714 51 Khagrachari 400000 19 Joypurhat 360862 52 Laxmipur 427791 20 Rajshahi 828245 53 Noakhali 826460 21 Naogaon 1173549 54 Rangamati 500000 22 Natore 776823 Total: 7336162 23 Chapai 604302 Division: Sylhet Nawabganj 24 Pabna 1012318 55 Sylhet 664758 25 Sirajganj 1296387 56 Habiganj 847128 Total: 7,502,200 57 Moulvibazar 440601 Division: Rangpur 58 Sunamganj 5169 26 Dinajpur 1421324 Total: 2922671 27 Thakurgaon 609586 Division: Barisal 28 Panchagarh 537572 59 Barguana 516694 29 Rangpur 1329540 60 Barisal 1197152 30 Lalmonirhat 588390 61 Bhola 754764 31 Nilphamari 1189463 62 Jhalakathi 291296 32 Kurigram 1306362 63 Patuakhali 1057917 33 Gaibandha 1078460 64 Pirojpur 386471 Total: 8,060,697 Total: 4204294

Total in 7 Divisions (BDT): 49,471,118

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Money Allotment to City Corporations for Blanket in FY 2012-2013 [07/01/2013] Sl. No. City Corporation Allocated Blanket (No.) 01 Dhaka North 195000 02 Dhaka South 195000 03 Chittagong 190000 04 Rajshahi 185000 05 Khulna 180000 06 Barishal 170000 07 Rangpur 180000 08 Narayanganj 150000 09 Comilla 120000 Total 1565000

Other Responses:

 With the financial and technical assistance of UK AID through Chars Livelihoods Program (CLP), SKS Foundation has distributed 1245 pieces of blankets in Lalmonirhat Sadar and Aditmari of on 10th December 2012. We are grateful to the donor on behalf of the destitute inhabitants of Lalmonirhat district.

 SKS Foundation distributed 13,160pcs of blankets at Ulipur, Chilmari, Rangpur Sadar and Mithapurkur upazila with the financial supports of CARE-Bangladesh. The above covered under SHOUHARDO-II, SETU and PRODUCE projects working areas. A number of 6,634 families were covered under this initiative.

 In collaboration with Action Aid Bangladesh, SKS Foundation distributed 450 blankets and 400pcs sweaters among enlisted children of AWARE Project at Fulchari upazila under .

Contact:  National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRCC) is opened to observe and monitor the situation across the country. Contact information is as follows:

Telephone: +880 2 7160454, +880 2 7162116, +880 2 7164115 Fax: +880 2 7169623, +880 2 7169567, +880 2 7174148 Cell: +88 01911387723, +88 01555555130 Email: [email protected]

 Disaster Management Information Center (DMIC) is activated. Contact information is as follows:

Telephone: +880 2 9890937, +880 2 8821255, +880 2 8821459 Fax: +880 2 9890854 Email: [email protected], [email protected]

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