Heavy rain damages paddy, seedbeds on 3,000 acres
Standing Aus paddy and Aman seedbeds on about 3,000 acres of land along the Dhalai and Monu rivers in Kamalganj upazila of the district have been badly damaged due to heavy rainfall since Thursday night.
Besides, at least 80 dwelling houses in different low lying villages adjacent to the two rivers have already gone into the river and many remained inundated due to the heavy downpour for the last two days.
The affected villages are Bharatpur, Raghunathpur, Nityanandapur, Satijirgram, Kesuluti, Patanushar, Maizgaon, Patanushar and Dhupatila.
Farmers are worried about the fate of their standing crops because a major portion of their croplands adjacent to the two rivers has remained under water for the last two days.
Mentionable, Boro growers in those villages also lost much of their paddies due to water-logging just before the season ends.
Shamsul Alam of Raghunathpur village in the upazila said most of the marginal farmers prefer cultivating crops either on the riverbeds or char areas as it cost much less.
Besides, the riverbeds and char lands are more fertile, he said, adding that he cultivated paddy and other crops on two acres land along the river this year.
The water level in the Dhalai river usually starts rising in May, but it happened a bit late this year, Shamsul said, adding that he has given up hope of saving his crops.
Potonushar Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Narayan Mollik said at least 50 families under his union have been badly affected by the recent rainfall and most of their houses remained under water as well.
Kamalganj Upazila Deputy Assistant Agriculture Officer Krishna Singh said a vast tract of Aus land in the upazila has been completely submerged due to the rain.
Kamalganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Ashequl Haque said they were monitoring the overall situation.
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