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Dry fish producers in Sirajganj suffer for lack of cold storage

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, Nov 17: Dry fish producers of the district are suffering for lack of cold storage here.Water from Chalan Beel (water body) in the district is receding. Fishermen are netting various fish, and with these, they are producing dry fishes. Labourers and traders are passing busy time in chatals (drying yards).After meeting the local demand, ...

Floods cause Tk 350cr loss in agri, transport sectors in Sirajganj

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, Oct 15: This year's consecutive floods have caused huge damage to the agriculture and the transport sectors of the district.Of these, the agriculture sector has been hit most.The latest flood damaged 2,562 hectares (ha) of croplands. The total loss in agriculture sector is about Tk 250 crore.Besides, hundreds of kilometres of roads were damaged, ...

Handloom industry suffers setback in Sirajganj

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, Sept 30: Though the flood water receded, most of the handloom owners of the district could not restart their factories for lack of necessary capital.At least 50,000 handlooms in over 800 factories here are lying almost abandoned, said sources.Their operations remained suspended due to corona for six months. Besides, this year's three-time floods hit ...

Dwellers Demand Permanent Dyke

Jamuna erosion turns severe in Sirajganj

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, Sept 26: People hit by the Jamuna River erosion in the district demanded permanent embankment.Serious erosion is continuing in the district's Shahzadpur, Sadar and Chauhali upazilas with swelling and receding of water in Jamuna.Since the second week of September, about 200 houses in Ghatabari, Pakurtala and neighbouring villages of Jalalpur Union in Shahzadpur Upazila ...

Flood victims unable to return home as Jamuna swells for 4th time

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 18: People who took shelter earlier on different points of embankment and high ground cannot return to their houses as the Jamuna River is swelling again for the fourth time.A day-earner Babu Hossain took shelter on embankment of Katawabda in Sirajganj Sadar accompanying his wife Tumpa and daughter Huzaifa, 11. They have been ...

Boat market gains momentum in Sirajganj

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, July 24: Boat market in the district has gained momentum in this rainy season.Sirajganj is a flood-prone district. The Jamuna River floods it every year. For communication purposes, locals have to use boat. Centring this, boat markets sit at Natuarpara in Kazipur Upazila and Koijuri in Shahzadpur Upazila.The boat is the main mode of ...

Sirajganj farmers worried over sale of sacrificial animals

2.5 lakh cattle-heads prepared in nine upazilas for Eid

Ashok Benarjee

Sirajganj farmers worried over sale of sacrificial animals

SIRAJGANJ, July 24: Local cattle farmers are worried over the sale of their sacrificial animals ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. Like other farmers across the country, they have also been hit by flood accompanied by corona situation. While talking to this correspondent, farm owners, wholesalers, fisheries authorities and district administration officials have expressed similar apprehension.The district ...

200 edn institutions in S’ganj flooded

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, July 20: This year's flood has inundated over 200 educational institutions in the district.Besides, six primary schools have been eroded and nine institutions are at risk of erosion.The flood water has entered the buildings of Soydabad Union Parishad (UP) in Sadar upazila, and Nischintapur, Tekani and Shuvogachha UPs in Kazipur Upazila. Besides, different community ...

Chauhali starts experiencing erosion by Jamuna

Over 100 houses damaged in four weeks

Ashok Benarjee

Chauhali starts experiencing erosion by Jamuna

SIRAJGANJ, June 11: Ahead of the rainy season, Chauhali Upazila of the district started experiencing erosion by the Jamuna River.Road, houses, and other installations in south Chauhali are getting bedded into the Jamuna due to the unabated erosion. At least five villages and four education institutions in Khaspukuria and Bagutia unions are under the erosion ...

Ripe paddy inundated in Sirajganj

Ashok Benarjee

SIRAJGANJ, June 7: Ripe Boro paddy fields continue sinking in flood water in the district.In the wake of Cyclone Amphan and incessant raining, the Jamuna River has developed stronger tide causing a swelling in the linking rivers, such as Korotoa, Fulzur, Gumani, Boral, Ichhamati, and Hurasagar. Ripen paddies on hundreds of bigha lands in Chalanbeel ...