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December
19, 2000
Chapainawabganj,
Dec 18 (UNB) – A scheme has been taken up to bring 41,200 hectares
of land under Boro cultivation in the district with a production
target of over 1.23 lakh mts paddy.
Agriculture
Extension department sources said of the land, 10,150 hectares will be
cultivated in Sadar, 10,180 hectares in Shibganj, 11,320 hectares in
Gomostapur, 5,000 hectares in Nachole and 4,550 hectares in Bholahat
upazilas.
The
government under its post-flood rehabilitation programme distributed
16 mts of Boro seeds among the growers free of cost.
AED
said Boro transplantation beginning from the last week of the current
month would continue till February next.
There
are some 12,348 deep and 5,563 shallow tubewells and 1,068 power pumps
in the district to provide irrigation facilities, AED sources said.
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