Continuous rain has inundated several low-lying areas in Jessore city, leading to waterlogging. The rainfall has caused distress for people with lower incomes and those in waterlogged areas.
Some 140 hectares of land designated for early winter vegetable crops in the district have been damaged.
According to the Meteorological Office, Jessore recorded 59 mm of rain from 6am to 12pm on Sunday.
A 55-year-old rickshaw puller named Shariful Islam earned only Tk100 by this afternoon, but he needs to pay his employer Tk250.
The rickshaw puller said his income has been reduced because there are very few people on the streets due to heavy rainfall in Jessore since Friday morning, which has continued through Saturday.
Jillur Rahman, a resident of Bejpara Chopdar Para in the city, said that Shastitala, the TB Clinic area, Char Khamba intersection, Bhola Tank Road, Kharki, and Shankarpur areas have been flooded.
Several other areas of the city, including Stadium Para, Mission Para, Upashahar, Chanchra, Karbala, the Gov MM College area, Nazir Shankarpu, Bakchar, and Abarpur, have also been submerged.
Amin Uddin, a vegetable farmer from Abdulpur village in Jessore, said: "Our area's radishes, pointed gourds and cabbage seedbeds have been submerged. Due to the rain, agricultural officers are now stationed in the village."
Churamankati Union Deputy Agriculture Officer Tarun Biswas said: "If the rain stops in the next few days, the water here will recede. Currently, the fields have Aush and Aman, as well as radishes, pointed gourds, bottle gourds, and cabbage. Additionally, new seedbeds are also submerged. If it rains for three to four more days, 20% of the seedbeds will be destroyed."
Jessore Department of Agricultural Extension Deputy Director Sushant Kumar Tarafdar said heavy rain starting Saturday has submerged 140 hectares of vegetable fields in the district. Farmers cultivated these fields with early winter vegetables, tomatoes, cabbages, cauliflowers, and spinach.
He further said that so far, 25% of the agricultural land has been damaged due to heavy rainfall. The rainfall is occurring in various places across the country due to a low-pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal.