CHITTAGONG, Aug 7 (UNB): Standing crops on 29,500 hectares of land and aman seedbeds on 1,229 hectares of land have been damaged due to heavy rains in Chittagong for the last several days.
Farmers in 10 upazilas out of 14 in the district are counting heavy losses due to the damages caused by flood water and rains that occurred under the impact of the Cyclone 'Komen'.
Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Chittagong said the torrential rain and onrush of hill water, triggered by the Bay depression, inundated the aman seedbeds and croplands.
A total of 29,453 hectares of cropland were submerged in the district, the DAE sources said.
The rainwater was drained out from some of croplands but it would take more time to cultivate new crops on those pieces of land, the DAE sources said.
About 1,229 hectares of aman seedbeds were damaged in the district by the flood, added the DAE sources.
Mohammad Aminul Haque Chowdhury, deputy director of DAE, said leave of all officials of the department in Chittagong region had been cancelled until further notice.
The farmers of the district were now busy preparing their land for cultivation of vegetables, he said.
Vegetables would be available in the local markets in two-three weeks, he expressed his hope.
Besides, making aman seedbeds afresh and transplanting aman seedlings were going on simultaneously, he added.
With the floodwater receding, aman seeds and fertiliser were distributed among the farmers for fresh cultivation of crops.
The DAE sources said for the current year they set a target to produce 174 thousand (1.74 lakh) tonnes of aman paddy in the district.
Downpour damages crops on 29,500 hectares in Ctg
FE Team | Published: August 08, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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