Tk 80m spl package to keep Aman cultivation on track
Thursday, 23 July 2009
FE Report
The government, worried with the prevailing drought-like situation, has launched a Tk 80 million special funding support to facilitate irrigation in 16 affected districts of the country's northern region.
The fund will be made available on account of additional electricity bills to be required for running some 9,470 deep irrigation pumps under the Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA).
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury told the media on Wednesday about the government's instant support to help the Aman farmers avert any setback caused due to the prevailing drought-like condition.
"An additional 277 megawatt (MW) of electricity would be required for running 9,470 out of 11,738 deep tube-wells under the BMDA for 10 to 12 hours daily," the minister told the media at her ministry.
As a result, about 2.0 hectares of Aman crop land in 16 northern districts will come under the special irrigation scheme, she mentioned.
Normally, the irrigation pumps under the BMDA were run six to seven hours a day, the minister said.
The government, worried with the prevailing drought-like situation, has launched a Tk 80 million special funding support to facilitate irrigation in 16 affected districts of the country's northern region.
The fund will be made available on account of additional electricity bills to be required for running some 9,470 deep irrigation pumps under the Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA).
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury told the media on Wednesday about the government's instant support to help the Aman farmers avert any setback caused due to the prevailing drought-like condition.
"An additional 277 megawatt (MW) of electricity would be required for running 9,470 out of 11,738 deep tube-wells under the BMDA for 10 to 12 hours daily," the minister told the media at her ministry.
As a result, about 2.0 hectares of Aman crop land in 16 northern districts will come under the special irrigation scheme, she mentioned.
Normally, the irrigation pumps under the BMDA were run six to seven hours a day, the minister said.