Staff Reporter
The livestock and fisheries sectors have suffered colossal losses in cyclone SIDR and large-scale assistance is urgently needed to revive the sector, business leaders said.
Frozen food industry, the country’s second-largest foreign exchange earner, suffered an estimated loss of around Tk 350 crore in the deadly storm.
According to the Department of Livestock Services, over 10,000 cattle and 22 lakh poultry were killed alone in four severely affected districts in the coastal area.
A total of over 45 lakh cattle and 270 lakh poultry were affected in the devastating cyclone in 12 southern and southwestern districts. [Read more]