Boro cultivation hampered due to power shortage
Friday, 6 March 2009
NAOGAON, Mar 5 (UNB): Boro cultivation is being hampered in the district in the current season due to frequent load shedding and power fluctuation.
Maximum boro land has dried up as farmers could not irrigate their land due to power crisis. Cracks have also been developed on some of those lands.
In this situation, farmers are apprehending that they might not achieve the production target of boro this season.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), a target has been fixed to bring 0.209 million hectares under the boro cultivation this season in the district.
Some 0.1 million hectare of land, out of the total, has been brought under irrigation network through 7,000 deep and shallow pumps while more than 0.1 million hectare could not be brought under the network due to shortage of power.
Ainal Haq, a farmer of Paharpur village under Sadar Upazila, said they are getting electricity for only 2 to 3 hours for irrigation per day where they need 8 to 9 hours.
Maximum boro land has dried up as farmers could not irrigate their land due to power crisis. Cracks have also been developed on some of those lands.
In this situation, farmers are apprehending that they might not achieve the production target of boro this season.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), a target has been fixed to bring 0.209 million hectares under the boro cultivation this season in the district.
Some 0.1 million hectare of land, out of the total, has been brought under irrigation network through 7,000 deep and shallow pumps while more than 0.1 million hectare could not be brought under the network due to shortage of power.
Ainal Haq, a farmer of Paharpur village under Sadar Upazila, said they are getting electricity for only 2 to 3 hours for irrigation per day where they need 8 to 9 hours.