The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Jessore

Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed is coming here today to visit Bhabadah beel, once a curse for the farmers for water logging and now turned a boon for them at army initiative.

The Army Chief is expected to reach Bhabadah College at noon to meet with the army officials and then visit the Bhabadah sluice gate that changed the destiny of the villagers.

After inaugurating the reaping of boro paddy harvest at Monohorpur, general Moeen will exchange views with the affected farmers of the waterlogged area on the Technical College ground. He will also see the success of the army in extracting stagnant water as well as the affected area.

"We are expecting that the water-logging problem in the Bhabadah area might be solved permanently with intervention by the Army Chief," many an enthusiastic man here said ahead of Moeen's tour. This year, farmers on their own initiative made their croplands suitable for boro cultivation removing stagnant waters as army troops played an important role in removing embankments from rivers and canales.