Fish farmers in 13 out of 15 upazilas of Chattogram have to count a loss of around Tk 70 crore caused by recent floods in the district.
The Directorate of District Fisheries shared this information of extent of loss through investigation after the flood water receded.
However, there was no remarkable loss in the fish sector in Sitakunda and Fatikchhariupazilas.
MdMahbubur Rahman, survey officer of the district fisheries office, said the extent of loss caused by the flood was estimated at Tk 70 crore in the district.
A total of 4, 154 tonnes of fishes were washed away from 13, 379 ponds and 126 fish enclosures in the district during the flood in the district, he said, adding that an amount of Tk 69.38 crore was damaged.
People of the district experienced an unprecedented flood from August 1 to 4 this month and the city dwellers were stranded in water for four days since August 7.
The four upazilas hit by the flood badly are Satkania, Lohagara, Patiya and Chandanaish. An amount of Tk 35 crore was damaged by the flood as fish was cultivated in 10, 000 ponds of the upazilas.
Md Hasan AhsanulKabir, fisheries officer of Satkaniaupazila, said around 6, 000 fish projects were washed away in the flood in Chandanaish, Satkania and Lohagaraupazilas which caused a loss of Tk 25 crore.
It will take time to recover the loss though the flood water started to recede, he said.
Patiyaupazila’s Assistant Fisheries Officer Sujat Kumar Chowdhury said fish of 4, 000 of 8, 000 ponds in the upazila were washed away causing the loss of Tk 10 crore.
Mohammad Hasan AhsanulKabir, fisheries officer of Chandanishupazila said they estimated that fish from 2, 537 water bodies were washed away in the upazila and it caused a loss of Tk 12 crore.
Not only fish but also other agricultural farms were damaged in the flood.
Chandanish’s young entrepreneur Md Harun said around 1000 chickens of his poultry farm died in the flood and his vegetable lands were also damaged.
Fish farmers of the flood affected upazilas urged the government to extend their support to recover the loss; otherwise it won’t be possible to make up the loss.
