Farmers unite to bring canal back to life
Local volunteers prepare a canal for re-excavation. The two-kilometre long Jauta-Naumala-Boga canal, in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila, has been dormant for around two decades. Photo: Sohrab Hossain Our Correspondent, Patuakhali Our Correspondent, Patuakhali
After nearly two decades of waiting around for the authorities to take steps, farmers in Baufal upazila finally decided to restore a two-kilometre long dormant canal on their own.
The restoration of the Jauta-Naumala-Boga canal, running through Baufal and Naumala unions, will benefit local farmers grow crops on about 500 acres of land all year long.
During a visit to the area on February 18, several hundred volunteers were seen at work. About 750 metres of the canal running along Aleya Rahman Ladies Club Government Primary School was found re-excavated already.