The riverside and char people are happy now after getting bumper production of various crops cultivated on the dried-up riverbeds and char lands in Rangpur agriculture region this season. Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said the riverside small and marginal farmers and char people just completed harvest of their various crops safely before commencement of the rainy season. The char and riverside people, small and marginal farmers cultivated crops on over 86,000 hectares of such lands in all five districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Nilphamari under Rangpur agriculture region this season. Riverside small and marginal farmers Sohel Rana and Abdul Aziz of village Char Dakshin Kharibari in Nilphamari, Khalil and Mohidul of village Char Khuniagachh in Lalmonirhat also completed harvest and got bumper output of various crops. Char people Nur Alam of village Machabandha, Abdus Sobhan of village Char Montola and Sohrab Ali of Char Korai Barisal under Chilmari upazila in Kurigram said they got bumper output of their crops cultivated on the Brahmaputra riverbed this year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 05, 2018 11:15 UTC