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Excessive rainfall, high upstream flow, and an early rise in River Jamuna’s water level have caused 6,827 hectares of Boro cropland in seven districts across the country to go underwater until Sunday.
According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), most of the submerged Boro land is in Sunamganj district, where 5,010 hectares have gone underwater. This figure is 2.25 per cent of the district’s total 2,22,805 hectares of Boro land.
The second most – 1,120 hectares of cropland – have been inundated in Sylhet, which is 0.92 per cent of the district’s total Boro land. Sylhet has been affected by both the excessive rainfall and high upstream flow.
Water entered into the Tanguar Haor and caused damage to the crops in the region after the collapse of Nazarkhali embankment in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila on April 3. Heavy rainfall had earlier triggered a high upstream flow from Meghalaya hills.
Among other affected districts, 379 hectares of Boro crops became inundated in Kishoreganj, 159 hectares in Sirajganj, 133 hectares in Netrokona, 18 hectares in Lalmonirhat and 8 hectares in Brahmanbaria.
High upstream flow flooded the crops in Netrokona, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria, excessive rainfall submerged the crops in Lalmonirhat, and early rise in River Jamuna’s
water level inundated the crops in Sirajganj, DAE sources told The Business Post.
Khandaker Md Rashed Iftekhar, control room in-charge of DAE, added, “Water has receded from some croplands. We are collecting information on submerged regions every day.”
