Heavy rain in the last few days hit aman plants, seedbeds and fish enclosures in low lying areas of the district.
Khulna Met Office recorded 379 mm rainfall in the last seven days.
According to Assistant District Fisheries Officer Bidhan Chandra Roy, heavy downpour has washed away nearly 3,000 metric tonnes fishes worth Tk. 41 crore from fish enclosures on over 46 hectares of land in the district.
Besides, financial losses related to infrastructural damages have been estimated at Tk 3 crore and 87 lakh.
Koira upazila of the district bore the brunt of hostile weather this time as shrimp and white fish enclosures on 3,836 hectares of land have been washed away due to unusual rainfall, officials said.
According to the ADFO, 160 metric tonnes of shrimps and 198 metric tonnes of white fishes worth 9 crore 56 lakh taka of fish enclosures on over 3,838 hectares of land and ponds on over 638 hectares have been washed away in the upazila.
According to agriculture extension department (DAE) sources, aman plants on over 5,770 hectares of land in the district have been flooded by rain water.
Besides, seedbeds on over 2,340 hectares have gone under water.
The DAE set 81,200 hectares of land as target for aman cultivation this season. Out of this, only 9,000 hectares so far were brought under cultivation, they said.
Meanwhile, Dakope upazila parishad and Dakope police station buildings have remained submerged due to flash flood caused by heavy downpour.
Besides, all the seven unions under Koira upazila have been inundated rendering over two lakh people homeless, said UNO Abul Bashar.
Source : The Daily Star
