Farmers besiege Barind project office in Thakurgaon
Our Correspondent, Dinajpur
Farmers yesterday laid a siege to the Barind Multipurpose Project office at Haripur upazila in Thakurgaon district demanding water supply, now stopped due to lack of electricity. Sources at the project office, when contacted, said on condition of anonymity that they could not supply water due to lack of power since Saturday last. Yesterday, about 200 farmers marched to the project office and laid a siege to it in the morning. Project officials left the office seeing the procession, sources said. On information, Haripur UNO Shakhawat Hossain rushed at the spot and cooled down the agitating farmers. The farmers told the UNO that their IRRI-Boro lands are being affected due to lack water but the project authorities did not supply water despite repeated requests. The UNO assured them of immediate steps to resume water supply to their lands from the project.
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