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50,000 hectares of land under floodwater |
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May 10, 2000
Netrakona, May 9 (UNB) – Boro paddies on vast tracks of land in haor areas of five upazilas were inundated as floodwater from rain-swollen rivers poured into croplands in last few days. According to sources, standing crops, mainly boro paddies, on 50,000 hectares of land in Kaliazuri, Madan, Mohanganj, Atpara and Kalmakanda upazilas went under floodwater, disheartening some 15 lakh farmers. The flood, triggered by incessant rain and onrush of hill waters, takes more and more areas into its grip everyday displacing hundreds of people. Agriculture officials said some 1.26 lakh hectares of land were brought under boro farming in the district this year with a hope of bumper output. But the flood has obscured all the chances. |