GAIBANDHA, Sept 5 (BSS): Different crops including T-Aman paddy on a total of 3,429 hectares of land owned by 36,000 farmers of four upazilas in the district have been damaged by flood.
According to official sources, water level of the river Brahmaputra, one of the major rivers in the country, continued to rise sharply for a couple of week.
At one stage, the river crossed its danger level in the district inundating chars and river basin areas of Sundarganj, Sadar, Fulchhari and Shaghata upazilas.
Agriculture office sources said as the chars and river basin areas of the upazilas went under flood water and remained submerged over the last two weeks, crops, particularly T-Aman paddy have been damaged,
Of the total, T-Aman paddy on some 3,105 hectares of land, 124 hectares of seeds bed, Aus variety on 100 hectares and vegetables on 100 hectares have been damaged due to the flood, sources said.
Saiduzzaman, a farmer of Mollarchar area under Sadar upazila, said he cultivated Aman paddy on 5 bighas of land during the season but all the transplanted seedlings were damaged fully.
Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Mir Abdur Razzak said the farmers were suggested to replant the seedlings of late variety Aman paddy like Nazirshail and Ganzia paddy in the affected areas.
If it was not possible, the farmers were advised to cultivate early variety of robi crops to get desired yields to recoup the losses caused by flood, he added.
Besides, as many as 17,074 houses were also damaged by the flood, said an official of DC office.
Due to the rise and fall of water level in the river Brahmaputra, erosion has taken a serious turn at different places including Kapasia, Ratanpur, Singria and Holdia of the upazilas, said acting district relief and rehabilitation officer and assistant commissioner Nazmul Huda.
