Crops
Fish ponds and blocked culverts leave 6,000 bighas waterlogged in Sirajganj
In 13 mouzas of Ullapara and Tarash, about 6,000 bighas that once grew three crops a year now stand under knee- to waist-deep water and cannot be farmed.
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IslamTarash's three-domed Baruhans mosque still stands after 150 years
The Chowdhury Bari Jame Mosque at Baruhans on the Bhadrabati river in Tarash, Sirajganj, built in 1875, is still used for daily prayers; the upazila administration has contacted the Department of Archaeology about preserving it.
CropsTarash dealers accused of faking fertiliser shortage, charging Tk 300-600 more
At the height of the transplanted aman season in Tarash, Sirajganj, farmers say they cannot get fertiliser at the government price; a dealer's store held about 1,000 sacks while farmers paid Tk 300 to 600 extra a sack.
Crops
Fuel prices bring horse ploughing back to Tarash fields at Tk 200-250 a bigha
With fuel prices up, demand for ploughing and levelling fields with horses instead of tractors and power tillers is rising in villages of Talam union, Tarash, Sirajganj, and some farmers have made it their trade.