Sylhet Correspondent :
Incessant rains and the onrush of water from the hills of Indian Meghalaya State have led to the inundation of 20 villages in Beanibazar upazila over the last couple of days.
The Kushiara and Surma rivers have swollen and spilled over the banks, flooding the law-lying areas while different parts of Sylhet-Beanibazar road washed away by the rain waters.
The Kushiara river is flowing 14.25cm above the danger level at Shewla point, said Mohammad Hiron, upazila project implementation officer.
During a field visit, our correspondent in Sylhet found that a vast area of the upazila comprising Fulmalik, Kadi Malik, Chandagram, Dughair Paton, Tikarpara, Baroigram, Sachan, Shewla, Noyadubagh, Choriya, Maiyakhali, Pirerchar, Matijhura, Bibirai, Dridhora, Angarjur, Akakhajna, Deulgram, Neraudi, Ghungadia Noyagram and Boragram villages have been inundated.
At least 35,000 people living in those villages are struggling hard as the supply of provisions has been disrupted due to the flooding of many roads. They are also going through hurdles for the shortage of cattle feeds. Muria union parishad (UP) chairman Abul Khair said as the water of Muria Haor is still increasing many in the area are worried how the cattle can be kept if more grounds get inundated in the coming days.
Besides, business activities in important trading places like Achirganj Bazaar, Dubag Bazar, Boiragi Bazaar, Bibirai Bazaar and Angura Mohammadpur Bazaar have been stalled as communication network around the areas has fallen apart. However, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, upazila nirbahi officer of Beanibazar, said the floodwater is receding in some areas and the administration is prepared to tackle any adverse situation.
Farmers busy in Aus farming
Farmers in Sylhet Division are engaged in cultivating Aus paddy during the current Kharif-1 season. A programme was taken up for bringing 138,939 hectares of land for Aus farming, official sources informed. It is about 4 per cent over the last year’s farming area on 134,025 hectares.
The Deputy Director at the DAE’s Sylhet Divisional Office Dr. Mamun Ur Rashid told this correspondent, Aus seedbed has already been set on over 8,000 hectares of land in the region while the incentive distribution programme for selected farmers was completed weeks ago. Things are being monitored at upazila level committees also, he added.
Of the total area, 48,660 hectares has been targeted in Sylhet, 44070 hectares in Moulvibazar and 39,536 hectares in Habiganj while 6673 hectares would be in the district of Sunamganj. Of the total, hybrid Aus varieties would be cultivated on 150 hectares while 135,682 hectares would be under the different high yielding varieties and the local varieties would be cultivated on 3107 hectares, the official added.
Under the targeted programme, 361,480 metric tonnes of rice would be produced in the division against the last year’s 349,233 metric tonnes. This year’s production target includes, 119,800 tonnes in Sylhet, 118,794 tonnes in Moulvibazar, 106,406 tonnes in Habiganj and 16480 tonnes in the district of Sunamganj.
Meanwhile, the incentive programme for 25,700 selected farmers in 234 unions under 28 upozilas of Sylhet, Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts, taken up for this season has been progressing fast. They were already given HYV seeds and fertilisers and other expenses worth Tk 345,66,500.
Moreover, 2700 farmers were given Nerika variety seeds and 40 kgs of ferilisers for one bigha land each. The Nerika paddy farming incentive programme would cost another Tk 52,11,000.
These selected farmers are being given incentive in seed and fertiliser, the official informed. Under the programme, each of the farmers are being supplied with 10 kg seed of HYV or Nerika varieties of Aus paddy in addition to 40 kg fertiliser for one bigha land, he added.
Incessant rains and the onrush of water from the hills of Indian Meghalaya State have led to the inundation of 20 villages in Beanibazar upazila over the last couple of days.
The Kushiara and Surma rivers have swollen and spilled over the banks, flooding the law-lying areas while different parts of Sylhet-Beanibazar road washed away by the rain waters.
The Kushiara river is flowing 14.25cm above the danger level at Shewla point, said Mohammad Hiron, upazila project implementation officer.
During a field visit, our correspondent in Sylhet found that a vast area of the upazila comprising Fulmalik, Kadi Malik, Chandagram, Dughair Paton, Tikarpara, Baroigram, Sachan, Shewla, Noyadubagh, Choriya, Maiyakhali, Pirerchar, Matijhura, Bibirai, Dridhora, Angarjur, Akakhajna, Deulgram, Neraudi, Ghungadia Noyagram and Boragram villages have been inundated.
At least 35,000 people living in those villages are struggling hard as the supply of provisions has been disrupted due to the flooding of many roads. They are also going through hurdles for the shortage of cattle feeds. Muria union parishad (UP) chairman Abul Khair said as the water of Muria Haor is still increasing many in the area are worried how the cattle can be kept if more grounds get inundated in the coming days.
Besides, business activities in important trading places like Achirganj Bazaar, Dubag Bazar, Boiragi Bazaar, Bibirai Bazaar and Angura Mohammadpur Bazaar have been stalled as communication network around the areas has fallen apart. However, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, upazila nirbahi officer of Beanibazar, said the floodwater is receding in some areas and the administration is prepared to tackle any adverse situation.
Farmers busy in Aus farming
Farmers in Sylhet Division are engaged in cultivating Aus paddy during the current Kharif-1 season. A programme was taken up for bringing 138,939 hectares of land for Aus farming, official sources informed. It is about 4 per cent over the last year’s farming area on 134,025 hectares.
The Deputy Director at the DAE’s Sylhet Divisional Office Dr. Mamun Ur Rashid told this correspondent, Aus seedbed has already been set on over 8,000 hectares of land in the region while the incentive distribution programme for selected farmers was completed weeks ago. Things are being monitored at upazila level committees also, he added.
Of the total area, 48,660 hectares has been targeted in Sylhet, 44070 hectares in Moulvibazar and 39,536 hectares in Habiganj while 6673 hectares would be in the district of Sunamganj. Of the total, hybrid Aus varieties would be cultivated on 150 hectares while 135,682 hectares would be under the different high yielding varieties and the local varieties would be cultivated on 3107 hectares, the official added.
Under the targeted programme, 361,480 metric tonnes of rice would be produced in the division against the last year’s 349,233 metric tonnes. This year’s production target includes, 119,800 tonnes in Sylhet, 118,794 tonnes in Moulvibazar, 106,406 tonnes in Habiganj and 16480 tonnes in the district of Sunamganj.
Meanwhile, the incentive programme for 25,700 selected farmers in 234 unions under 28 upozilas of Sylhet, Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts, taken up for this season has been progressing fast. They were already given HYV seeds and fertilisers and other expenses worth Tk 345,66,500.
Moreover, 2700 farmers were given Nerika variety seeds and 40 kgs of ferilisers for one bigha land each. The Nerika paddy farming incentive programme would cost another Tk 52,11,000.
These selected farmers are being given incentive in seed and fertiliser, the official informed. Under the programme, each of the farmers are being supplied with 10 kg seed of HYV or Nerika varieties of Aus paddy in addition to 40 kg fertiliser for one bigha land, he added.
