1,200 fish enclosures wash away by flooding in Jessore
UNB
Benapole: Heavy rain in the last few days hit aman plants, seedbeds and fish enclosures in low lying areas of the district and around 50 villages were submerged by floodwater washing away some 1,200 large and small fish enclosures in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district in the last three days, reports UNB.
According to the district agriculture office, around 50 villages, including Shakharipota, Bahadurpur, Boalia, Mankia, Roghunathpur, Dhankhola, Mandartola, Dubpara and Notadhigha, were inundated due to onrush of water from upstream and incessant rainfall, leaving thousands of residents marooned.
Besides, transplanted aman paddy on 1,300 hectares of land vanished in floodwater, said Sharsha upazila agriculture officer Hirak Kumar. Farmers fear an irreparable loss of aman paddy if the water does not recede from cropland within the next four to five days.
The flooding also prompted closure of 38 educational institutions in the upazila, said sources at the district education office.
The flood-affected people are leaving their houses and taking shelters at safer places.
Besides, electric poles were uprooted by squally showers, snapping power connections in the area.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Sharsha Abdus Salam said they have already taken necessary measures to minimise sufferings of the flood-victims.
