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Growth of paddy plants encouraging

Bumper boro output likely

From Our Correspondent
RANGPUR, May 10 : The drought-hit boro paddy fields are now turning green gradually due to long waited rainfall in the district
According to Meteorological Department, 200 mm rainfall, have been recorded in the area during the last 12 days.
The Agriculture Extension Department, informed that the boro cultivation has exceeded target by 2.000 acres bringing total at 1,45,000 acres. The High Yielding Variety of boro crop such as BR-14 followed by BR-3 and 9 mostly covered entire district.
When visited some areas in Kaunia and Mlthapukur upazi-las, the correspondent found that the farmers are working at their boro field tn smelling faces.
One Akram Hossain of Kaunfa-Balapara said the recent draught has increased the
irrigation expenses. The unscrupulous traders also gained more profit through creating artificial fuel crisis. Abul, Mokhtar, Rahmat and many other farmers of Kaunia and Mithapukur upazllas similarly had expressed their concern over creation of artificial fuel crisis.
Many of the poor farmers have sold valuable goods of their houses to fetch high prices of fuel.
The farmers are optimistic about bumper yield of boro paddy this year due encouraging growth of the boro plants.
An official of the Agriculture Extension Department has ex pressed the same idea and said that farmers have faced the calamity with all means. The official said that the produc tlon of boro paddy would be around 50 maunds per acre on an average this year as against
40 maunds in previous years. The farmers will be able to reap bumper boro paddy this year, he hoped. Harvesting of boro paddy has already been started In the district and rice price has come down.
Indiscriminate smuggling of banned Indian Insecticide, Thyodine" inside the country and Its marketing at low price have become rampant In the district
The unscrupulous traders with the help of their pet people drawing the attention of the farmers through false pro-pacind.L
The border routes of Hllce, Kurlgram. Lalmonirhat. and Nilphamari are being used for Its undisturbed smuggling Inside country. 1t was Informed.
The smuggled Thyodlne was banned In India few years back for Its harmful affects on the crops.