Nearly 700 ducks were killed when a duck-laden truck turned turtle near Durgapur under Singra upazila of Natore district on Thursday noon.
The owner of the ducks has been identified as Ujjal (35) of Shaharbari village under Tajpur union of the upazila.
According to sources, the driver on a truck was carrying 1,6o0 ducks to Durgapur Bazaar of Singra upazila from Ranirhat area of Tarash upazila. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it fell into a roadside ditch near Durgapur killing nearly 700 ducks on the spot.
Owner of the ducks Ujjal informed, he purchased 1,600 ducks from Tarash at Taka 400 per piece two weeks ago. The ducks had started to lay eggs recently.
He said, he purchased those ducks by procuring a loan from the bank but now he has turned totally a pauper.
He claimed, ducks amounting Taka 300,000 died in the accident. He said, he had been incurring a loss due to a low price of eggs and now he was worried to manage money to repay instalment of his loan. He was seeking assistance from the State Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak in this connection.
Locals informed, road accidents on a part of Durgapur-Ranirhat road near Singra have become regular incidents since the road of that part has become unfit for movement of vehicles in absence of repair for a long time.
