The government will provide cash assistance and rice to farmers affected by water logging in haor region.
A list of affected farmers in Sunamganj is currently being prepared.
Listed people will be divided into 3 categories based on the extent of damage and will receive support for next 3 months.
To launch the programme, Agriculture Minister, Mohammad Aminur Rashid, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu, and the Prime Minister’s Economic Affairs Adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir are visiting Sunamganj today.
The usually festive atmosphere of the single-crop Boro season is absent this year due to widespread of crop losses caused by waterlogging and unplanned embankments.
Highly affected farmers will receive 75000 TK and 20 KGs of rice per month, moderately affected farmers will get 5,000 TK and 20 kilograms of rice, while those less affected will receive 2,5000 taka along with 20 KG of rice.