Devastation hits Bagerhat, Bangladesh due to tidal surge and heavy rains

Over six thousand enclosures were washed away during a tidal surge and sever heavy rains during the last three days in Bangladesh. Farmers fear that if the water does not recede from 4,500 hectares of cropland within the next four or five days irreparable losses will occur.

Md Abdul Gafur, deputy director of district agriculture office, "said boro crops on 1,175 hectares in Kachua, 2,500 hectares in Moralganj, 400 hectares in Sharankhola and 425 hectares in Chiltamari upazila have gone under water". The water development board (WDB) has asked for emergency finance to be put in place for repairs to several points along the embankment. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers