Aman plants on around 800 hectares of land have been submerged due to flash floods caused by heavy rain during last five days in Chalon Beel area of Singra upazila under Natore district.
Mizanur Rahman Mizan, upazila chairman of Singra upazila parishad, said Aman plants on at least 700 hectares of land have gone under water as the flash flood affected a large area in the upazila. The worst affected areas are Hiyalar Beel, Baria Beel, Bazrar Beel, Sherkol and the municipality area.
The Atrai River has overflowed the bank at Sardanagor in the upazila while locals are trying to protect their Aman plants by putting chunks of earth on the river bank, the upazila chairman said.
Aman was cultivated on 56,000 hectares of land in the district this season, said Delowar Hossain, deputy director of the Department of Agriculture Extension in Natore. He, however, could not say clearly about the extent of damage caused by the recent flood.
"We may not be able to harvest the Aman crop this season as the water covered the crop fields. We demand re-excavation of the rivers in Chalon Beel area including the Atrai to save our crops from flooding," said Alamgir Hossain, a farmer of Sherkol village.
This time water level of the Atrai increased suddenly, causing flash flood and huge losses of crops, said farmer Alamgir Hossain of Bamihal village.
Many farmers are cutting down submerged Aman plants to use those as fodder, locals said.
Source : The Daily Star
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