Farmer dies after seeing croplands submerged

A farmer died on Saturday after seeing his paddy fields submerged due to heavy rainfall in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.

The deceased was Ahad Mia, 55, a resident of Rampur village under Ward-9 of Goalnagar union in the upazila.

Local union parishad member Ahammad Hossain, also the elder brother of the deceased, said Ahad went to harvest paddy in the haor area along with several workers this morning.

Seeing the paddy fields submerged in water, he fell ill and died on the spot, Ahammad said.

Faruk Mia, Ahad’s nephew, said his uncle cultivated paddy on six bighas of cropland after borrowing Tk50,000.

Being unable to bear the sight of the destroyed crops, he fell ill at the scene and died.

Nasirnagar upazila agriculture officer Md Imran Hossain also confirmed the matter.