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Pests attack crops on 20,000 acres of land

From Our Correspondent
RAJBARI. Dec 29: The standing crops on about 20 thousand acres of land have been attacked by pests In Rajbari district.
The farmers Identify the pests as shishkata and goundl poka. The worst affected upazilas are Baliakandi, Gualundo . Pangsa and Rajbari Sadar.
Reliable sources informed that the Agriculture Extension Department had supplied only five spray machines and engaged field workers to fight the pests In the affected areas. The supplied machine and field staff are quite Insufficient to the demand, local people say.
Pure Insecticides are hardly available in the local market. The farmers whose economic condition is very bad due to constant floods and drought can not buy the Insecticides at a high price, It Is learnt.
While visiting some affected areas, this correspondent found that the pest attack is increasing very fast. If sufficient steps arc not taken the entire crops may be destroyed, some experienced farmers said.
The concerned authorities have been requested to take immediate steps to save the crops of the vast tract of land of the localities.
About 100 high schools and madrashas are facing manifold problems for a long time.
Most of the high schools and madrashas can not pay the salaries to the teachers as there Is no fund for the purpose, it 1s informed. The students who are poor can not pay tuition fees. Most of the Institutions have got no other source of income for which they are to depend mainly on government grant.
For shortage of fund, the au-
thorities can not provide the students with accommodation, teaching staff, seating arrangement and other facilities.
The madrashas are the worst hit of the crisis. As the students are too poor and that is why they can not pay tuition fees. The authorities of the Institutions are to depend on the government grant only.
Most of the tubewells of the Institutions remain out of order for which the students are to collect drinking water from the neighbouring houses.
The inadequate supply of educational appliances and other requisite materials hampers the education of the institutions.
The concerned authorities have been urged to take necessary steps to mitigate the sufferings of the teachers and taughts of the institutions of the districts.