Haor recoils in horror, Flash floods inundate 7,000 hectares of croplands
Haor recoils in horror, Flash floods inundate 7, 000 hectares of croplands 8y83l
Farmers in the northern region of the country are
fearing huge financial loss in this Boro season because
of flash floods.
Around 7, 083 hectares of croplands with Boro
harvest, including 4, 900 hectares in Sunamganj alone,
were submerged till yesterday in the region.
Farmers in Sunamganj, Sylhet, Netrakona and
Kishoreganj are the worst affected by the first blow of
flash flood originating for the torrential rain in India’s
Meghalaya.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)
officials could not confirm the estimated financial loss.
However, according to the statistical data of production, 6. 5 tonnes per hectare on average, the loss
is estimated at around Tk 125 crore.
Meanwhile, the Flood Forecasting and Warning
Centre (FFWC) of the Bangladesh Water Development
Board (BWDB) forecasted another flash flood by the
end of the week.
Farmers in the haor areas are suffering the most
because of the flash flood.
Farmer Aynal Miah, 60, of Joypur village in
Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila, said he cultivated Boro
on two acres of land in the Tanguar Haor.
The flash flood that hit the district on April 1,
submerged and destroyed his hard-laboured yield.
Farmers in the northern region of the country are
fearing huge financial loss in this
Boro
season
because
of
flash
floods.
Around 7, 083 hectares of croplands with
Boro
harvest, including 4, 900 hectares in
Sunamganj
alone,
were submerged
till yesterday in the region.
Farmers in
Sunamganj
,
Sylhet
,
Netrakona
and
Kishoreganj
are the worst
affected
by the
first
blow of
flash
flood
originating for the torrential rain in India’s
Meghalaya.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)
officials could not confirm the estimated financial loss.
However
, according to the statistical data of production, 6. 5 tonnes per hectare on average, the loss
is estimated
at around
Tk
125 crore.
Meanwhile, the
Flood
Forecasting and Warning
Centre
(
FFWC
) of the Bangladesh Water Development
Board (
BWDB
) forecasted another
flash
flood
by the
end
of the week.
Farmers in the
haor
areas are suffering the most
because
of the
flash
flood.
Farmer
Aynal
Miah
, 60, of
Joypur
village in
Sunamganj
’s
Tahirpur
upazila
, said he cultivated
Boro
on two acres of land in the
Tanguar
Haor
.
The
flash
flood
that hit the district on April 1,
submerged and
destroyed
his
hard-laboured
yield.
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