DOT Desk: Thousands of farmers in Sunamganj are worried as rats are eating up their paddy at Jahangirnagar union under Sadar upazila in Sunamganj Haor area, reports The Daily Star.
Mizanur Rahman, a resident of Islampur village, said paddy on his five kiar (one kiar = 30 decimals) of land has been destroyed.
, adding that farmers are afraid of taking their crops home.
The rats destroy almost every edible thing in the infested localities, he said.
Paddy on Mizanur’s neighbour Abdur Matin’s six kiar, Shahjahan’s five kiar, Emran Hossain’s five kiar, Manjil Hossain’s four kiar, Shah Alam’s four kiar, Siddique Mia’s two kiar, Hanif Molla’s six kiar, Hekim Mia’s 20 kiar, Mizanur’s five kiar in South Para of the village, and Sujon Mia’s 15 kiar in Purbapara have been ruined.
The affected farmers said agricultural officials did not visit the spots even for one day.
He has never seen such a threat, said Shamsul Haq, 55, of Mangalkata village.