US Marines to operate 96 helipads to reach succour: Eight planes landing at Barisal Airport a day; Government agencies asked to coordinate relief operation

Staff Reporter

Massive relief operations were launched for thousands of people in cyclone-affected districts yesterday from the Relief and Rehabilitation Coordination Headquarters set up at Barisal Airport.
The Bangladesh Army, in cooperation with the United States Marine Corps launched a massive humanitarian mission for hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in southern districts by helicopters from a makeshift airbase in the river port of Barisal, officials said yesterday. [Read more]


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