Banshkhali Correspondent
In order to increase production in Banshkhali of Chattogram, free seeds and chemical fertilisers have been distributed among 1300 small and marginal farmers. Banshkhali Upazila Nirbahi Officer Saiduzzaman Chowdhury was the chief guest at the distribution ceremony of seeds and chemical fertilizers at the Upazila Officers Club on Thursday noon. Banshkhali Municipality Mayor Advocate Tofail Bin Hossain and Councilor Kanchan Barua were the special guests at the function conducted by Deputy Agriculture Officer Suranjit Gupta. The Upazila Assistant Agricultural Extension Officer, among others. Imam Hossain, Deputy Assistant Agriculture Officer Osman Gani Siddiqui, journalist Abdul Matlab Kalu, Md. Mohsin, Kalim Ullah, Pranab Barua, Bidhan Kanti Dutta, Pranab Das, Shahid Ullah and others were present.
Banshkhali Upazila Agriculture Officer Abu Salek said that in order to increase the production of aus paddy in the current season, distribution of seeds and chemical fertilizers among 1300 farmers has been inaugurated under the incentive program to provide free seeds and chemical fertilizers to small and marginal farmers of the upazila. Although initially distributed among the farmers of the municipality, the seeds and fertilizers will be distributed among the farmers of all the unions continuously.
