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UNB, Patuakhali

World Bank Vice-President for South Asia region Praful C. Patel said the multilateral funding agency would provide assistance for rebuilding the cyclone Sidr-hit areas.

The bank would provide assistance for reconstruction of flood-control dam, cyclone shelter centre and infrastructure, he said while visiting cyclone-affected areas at Anipara in Kalaparia upazila Thursday.

He also distributed relief goods among the victims.

The visiting WB top executive stressed the need for construction of more cyclone shelter centres, as he noted: "More lives were lost in the storm for a lack of adequate cyclone shelter centres."

Food, medicine and long-term rehabilitation are needed for victims at this hour, said Patel.

Earlier, a helicopter carrying the World Bank Vice-President landed at Kalapara.

He was taken to the rest house of Water Development Board where commander of local army camp Lt. Colonel Shahadat Hossain and Executive Engineer of Water Development Board Mohammad Jahir Uddin briefed him about the losses caused by the storm.