"But we are yet to know if any help is coming," Pankaj Kanti Majumder, deputy director of DAE in Khulna, told bdnews24.com on Saturday. Paddy was the worst affected crop in Dakop, Koyra, Paikgachha, Dumuria and Batiaghata, said the DAE official. About 26,000 hectares of paddy field along with hundreds of hectares of vegetable, banana, papaya and betel leaf have been damaged by the cyclone. The affected farmers said they were staring at bad times ahead. Shyamsundar Mondol of Ramnagar village in Dakop said he cultivated paddy and the crops were nearly ready for harvesting.

Source: bd News24 November 16, 2019 17:15 UTC