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Gen Moeen opens Boro harvest in Bhabadaha

Calls for cultivating fallow land

A Correspondent, Benapoie
The Chief of Army Staff Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said that unused land in the country has to be brought under cultivation to combat the prevailing food crisis
At a programme at Monoharpur Technical College in Manirampur. the army chief explained that the uncertainty of food was a global issue
today. He said no land should be left unused to combat this situation.
Gen Moeen said, "We have to bring the unused land under cultivation to overcome our own food shortages, and export the excess.” Earlier the army chief inaugurated a Boro harvest at Bhabadaha in Monoharpur village in Manirampur where farmers welcomed him with traditional songs, drum beats and music in Bhabadaha bcel area.
Gen Moeen inaugurated the festival by cutting sheafs of paddy with a scythe at the Kopolia paddy field beside the Monoharpur Technical College.
The army chief said that the army began the ongoing project in the Bhabadaha area in October 2006. With cooperation from the local administration, the army helped the Water Development Board in river dredging projects in the area.
The current project would complete in 2009 and ensure proper cultivation by addressing the waterlogging problems in the area
The army would extend its full cooperation to the implementation of the project, he added.
That would enable another 200 hectares of land to come under cultivation here, in addition to the 16,00 hectares that was brought under cultivation since the project began, the army chief informed the people.
Gen Moeen also told the crowd that the procurement price of rice has been fixed at Tk 28 per kg and paddy at Tk 18 per kg at the government-purchasing centre after discussions with farmers.
The army chief announced fertiliser machinery for the farmers of Avaynagar, Manirampur and Keshabpur He also announced one computer for die Bhabadaha Degree College and two computers for Monoharpur Technical College on behalf of the armed forces.
Major General Rafiqul Islam psc, General Officer Commanding (GOC) ofjessore Cantonment, said the joint efforts of the government, army and water development boards have resulted in good production of paddy in the area.
Abul Hossain, deputy commissioner (DC) of Jessore and local fanner Harendranath Biswas also spoke at the programme.
Colonel SM Golam Ambia, commander of 105 brigade of Jessore cantonment, apprised Gen Moeen about the condition of Bhabadaha area. GOC of Jessore Cantonment, the DC, police super and other government officials were present at that time.