Cyclone Rashmi which hit the south early Monday has damaged crops on 2.28 lakh hectares of land in 11 districts of Barisal agriculture region and on about 1 lakh hectares in Jhenaidah, officials concerned feared. The department of agricultural extension office in the region said field workers were busy assessing the damage of transplanted and broadcast aman, boro, and seed beds of all varieties of paddy and winter vegetables. The field workers are advising the farmers on how to recover the damage, the offices said. The preliminary assessment might vary if weather condition improved or deteriorated, reported the New Age correspondent in Barisal. River vessels of all kinds resumed operation Tuesday morning after the cyclone had crossed the region. Weather signal flags were lowered. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority deputy director Rafikul Islam, also the in-charge of Barisal port, said launches plying the Barisal