Acute fodder crisis
Acute crisis of fodder has been prevailing in flood affected Sadar, Naria, Jajira and Bhederganj upazilas of the district. A flash flood recently submerged the low-lying areas of the upazilas, creating acute fodder crisis. Moreover, erosion by the river Padma and the Meghna multiplied the problem. During the recent river erosion and flash flood, affected families along with their domestic animals, including cows and goats, took shelter on embankment and high lands. The affected people, somehow, managed two meals a day but their cattle remained half fed or unfed. They are quite unable to purchase fodder, including straw, rice dust and husk for their high prices in the local markets. Shefali Begum of Sadipur area under Sadar upazila said that she along with her cow took shelter on the nearby embankment during the recent flood. She said she was quite unable to rear her cow for lack of fodder.
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