UTTAR Haldibunia is a village under Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district. The village is inhabited by several thousand people, most of whom are farm labourers. Agriculture is the only source of their income. But when 'Aila,' the cyclone with enormous tidal bore, hit the village a few years ago, they became jobless. This is because of their inability to cultivate crops following salinity infestation of their land. They being unable to combat salinity, most of their lands remained barren. The situation bewildered them.
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