Residents, particularly low-income group, children and elderly ones in the northern district of Naogaon, are struggling to beat the biting cold amid dense fog coupled with winds.   

Since the beginning of Poush, temperatures have started dropping, with Sunday recording a minimum of 12.2°C and humidity reaching 100 percent.

Thick fog has blanketed the region, forcing most people to stay indoors unless necessary. Over the past few days, temperatures have fluctuated between 11°C and 12°C.

A visit revealed that day labourers were gathering at Mukti Mor, Bridge Mor, and Shivpur Bridge (Bypass) in Sadar upazila early morning, hoping to manage work.

Equipped with spades and baskets, these labourers rely on daily wages for survival. However, many return home empty-handed.

Sharing sufferings, seventy-year-old labourer Abul Kashem said, “We cannot stay indoors, but when we go out, fall ill with cold and cough. We live hand-to-mouth and reduced income has made life very difficult.”

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Echoing Kashem, another labourer Taslim said they must go out even in this harsh weather to earn bread.

Considering the situation, the district administration has initiated distributing warm clothes among vulnerable people.

Md. Ashekur Rahman, relief and rehabilitation officer of Naogaon, said each upazila has received Tk 6 lakh through the Upazila Nirbahi Officers to provide warm clothes for helpless day labourers and marginalised people.

Moreover, 7,500 blankets have been sent to the district and are being distributed, he added.