Cyclone Fani destroyed crops worth over Tk 385m, says agriculture minister

Cyclone Fani has destroyed crops worth Tk 385 million, says Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque.

Briefing the media at the Secretariat on Tuesday, the minister said the storm partially damaged the harvest of Boro, vegetables, corns, jute, and betels across 63,000 hectares of land in 209 upazilas of 35 districts in Bangladesh.

Of the damaged crops, Boro harvest on 55,609 hectares of land, vegetables on 660 hectares, corns on 677 hectares, jute on 2,382 hectares, and betel leaves on 735 hectares of land have been destroyed, bdnews24 reported citing the minister.

At least 13,631 farmers have been affected by the cyclone, Razzaque added. The government will undertake short- and long-term initiatives to compensate the farmers for their losses.