Four unions in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia along the Padma River were inundated due to heavy rainfall precipitated by low stress in the Bay and onrush of upstream water, rendering residents of 34 villages stranded.
Furthermore, crops including pulse, chilli, banana and other vegetables planted on several hectares of lands along the river were damaged badly.
Daulatpur Upazila Agricultural Legitimate Nurul Islam talked about vigna mungo (mashkolai dal) planted in 1, 620 hectares of lands in Maricha, Philip Nagar, Chilmari and Ramakrishna unions used to be damaged that incurred loss of Tk 23.33 crore.
Besides, the extent to damages of chilli, banana and other vegetables planted on 70, 73 and 13 hectares of land is yet to be particular, he talked about.
This year, farmers planted pulses on 2,323 hectares of land in the upazila, talked about the upazila agriculture relate of work.
In step with the Water Kind Board, water level at the Hardinge Bridge Level of the Padma River surged by two centimetres in the final 21 hours till 9am on Thursday but it absolutely is composed flowing below the hazard level.
Pabna’s Water Kind Board Govt Engineer Rezaul Karim talked about there might be no longer any space of surge of water level in the river from Thursday and the water will initiate falling after last steady for next one to 2 days.
Attributable to the inundation, some main schools remained closed in Chilmari union on Thursday. Avenue communication used to be also suspended.
Chilmari UP Chairman Abdul Mannan talked about water has entered around 18 villages of his union inundating roads. Then all over again, the water has no longer yet entered the properties.
Contacted, Ramkrishnapur UP Chairman Siraj Mandal talked about 16 villages below his union were inundated. The heartbeat cultivation has been affected .
On this regard, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Waibdullah talked about they’ve made all forms of preparations to kind out the flood they normally’re alive to with the flood-hit folks.
