IRRI-Boro faces setback in 16 N districts

Frequent power outage and low voltage result in damage in irrigation machines.

'We can hardly operate irrigation machines for five hours a day instead of required eight to 12 hours,' according to the Manager of Fulsho-1 Boro Scheme Deep Tubewell at Mohonpur upazila, Ibrahim Hossain.

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'Since morning I have to restart my power-driven deep tubewell at least 50 times in six hours due to loadshedding. Because of this phenomenon, I had to repaire my machine thrice in last five days', Hossain said further.

Azibor said that he found three irrigation machines out of order due to power fluctuation at Deopur, Keshor villages in Mohonpur and Khoira village in Paba upazila.

A Bmda official told this correspondent, power dearth reduced paddy production by 90,000 tons last year. It may happen this year also if the situation continues, cautioned the official.