Barind farmers worried as BMDA not to allow boro cultivation
The farmers in water-stressed eight upazilas in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, and Naogaon districts are worried as the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority will not allow to cultivate boro on all of their lands under its deep tube-well coverage in the upcoming season for severe groundwater depletion due to unplanned and excessive extraction for decades...