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Agricultural Officer Salah Uddin Tipu said: “The water that has accumulated in the haor will not damage the crops much.” He urged farmers to harvest their crops before more water accumulates. Distraught farmers are trying to hastily harvest ripe paddy and take the crops home. Doulat Miah, along with other farmers, has hired labourers at high rates to harvest crops from water-filled fields.
A farmer and his son are working at a cropland in Bishwambhorpur upazila of Sunamganj on Wednesday Himadri Shekhor Bhodro/Dhaka Tribune Farmer Tajuddin said: “Khorchar haor is situated at a lower level than other haors. So the increasing water levels in the haor due to continuous rainfall have damaged the crops in the haor.”Problematic infrastructure
Jamshed Miah said: “The unplanned construction of a dam in the haor is restricting the rainwater from flowing elsewhere, so the water has accumulated in crop fields instead.” Sadir Ali, another farmer, said: “Installing a sluice gate to the west of the haor would have reduced our sufferings every year. But the government built a dam instead of constructing a sluice gate.”Also Read - Dam in Sunamganj’s Tanguar haor repaired
The dam was put in place by Bangladesh Water Development Board to protect 36 kilometers of crop fields in the area. However, the continuous rain has caused these lands to be waterlogged despite the dam. Mohinuddin said: “Despite the dam, water has flown into the farmers' lands and if heavy rainfall continues, ripe paddies will soon be submerged and the crops will be lost.”
