About 450 hectares of agricultural land of the Beel areas in Santhia upazila remained submerged in water every year when the irrigation canal was filled. More than four thousand farmers of Rauti, Dhulauri, Chaubari, Bhul Bari suffered due to that. Recently, re-excavation of the drainage canal shows remarkable changes in the irrigation scenario. Local agriculturists are expecting planting crop on the land during the cultivation season.
There are no drains or waterlogged areas in the dry season. The land does not contain monsoon water. Jute production farmers wake up in the water of the canal. Al Khalkhan mentions the agricultural picture of Santhia village in Panar. Thousands of hectares of agricultural land are barren of waterlogging in favor of cultivation. Addition of drainage to facilitate irrigation in dry season will benefit farmers, opined Agriculture Department. Farmers will be able to plant rice, wheat, onion, garlic and rapeseeds on the lands of Behula and Bannegara Bills as a result of rapid water drainage. Irrigation works using low lift pumps run empty water. Use of underground water will be reduced. It was covered with water and dirt. In order to cultivate two bighas, the court also used to irrigate during the season. But as a result of these canals, water runoff has to be drawn from the land, which has become an active concern during the dry season.
Bazari farmer Sheikh said, we benefit a lot from this canal. We can do it by drowning in water for more years. Kalaichara farmer farmer Abdul Majed said that canal digging has facilitated transportation. Now we can do a lot of hauling by boat easily. A lot of land could not be cultivated. There is water in the land. Now there is no problem. Water is being given to the canal. I can cultivate. Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) way of understanding, Development of Irrigation through Surface Water Development Corporation has excavated power right canal near Santhia of Pabna-Na-Sirajganj (Panasi) project. Five lakh rupees. As a result of re-excavation of canal supply, about 1500 hectares of land will be cleared of waterlogging and 6 hectares of land will have two-three crops from one land. He also said that irrigation will be done using low lift pumps. Farmers will also reduce the cost of crops by saving electricity. Reduce the use of groundwater.