CropsLoad shedding puts 77,000 tonnes of potatoes in Nilphamari's cold stores at risk, 40,000 tonnes of it seed
With Nilphamari receiving only 50–60 per cent of its 153 MW daily power demand, the district's 11 cold stores cannot hold temperature; some 77,000 tonnes of potatoes are at risk, including about 40,000 tonnes of seed potato for the coming season.