Half a million people under the open sky in Khulna.

Thousands of raw and semi-finished houses in Khulna have been destroyed by the cyclone Amfan. Starting from Khulna metropolis, houses of different villages of Koira, Dakop, Paikgachha, Batiaghata, Dumuria upazila have been destroyed and about half a lakh people have been accommodated under the open sky. The dam has broken and the crops have been submerged. The upazila administration is working to determine the amount of damage. However, no casualties were reported in Khulna.
Meanwhile, the embankment of Koyra upazila broke on Wednesday night. Five unions of the upazila were flooded on today morning due to high tide. Hundreds of village houses in these unions are now under water. Koira Upazila Sadar is also floating in tidal water. The concerned people have not taken initiative to repair the dam yet.

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Local MP Akhtaruzzaman Babu had been monitoring the cyclone situation in the control room of Koyra Upazila since Wednesday night. While inspecting the eroded area on Thursday morning, he said that thousands of hectares of crops have been submerged in the river due to the collapse of dams at six places. Village after village is floating in salt water. If the broken dam is not repaired quickly, this salt water will bring long lasting danger.