Recurrent flood and erosion by Gandak bane of diara residents in Bagaha

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Bagaha:  Let alone small and marginal farmers even those with big land holdings are turning pauper due to recurrent flood, unchecked Gandak erosion and buffalo grazing have become bane of diara ( riverine area) residents in Bagaha in West Champaran district.

While flood and ersion are caused due to fury of nature, anti-social elements are involved in buffalo grazing as they forcibly take their cattle to sugarcane and paddy fields in Gandak diara for grazing damaging the standing crops. One of the farmers of Bhaisahiya diara under Piparasi police station Ranjan  Bind said that the cattle owners take their  buffaloes to fileds having standing crops during night when the farmers are sleeping and returned with their cattle  before dawn. When the farmers go to their fields early morning they find the crops had been damaged.

Another farmer of Piparasi panchayat Hazarat Ali said diara farmers were facing great hardship due to this. These fileds have virtually been converted into pasture in Piparasi panchayat. Bagaha police district LJP president Brajeshwar Raothe residents of Madhubani, Bhitaha and Thakaraha blocks in Gandak diara were also facing the same problems.

Sarpanch of Semara Labdeha  panchayat Bholanath has urged DM west champaran to save the crops being damaged by buffalo owners by slapping fine on them. When asked about it, Bagaha SP Anand kumar Singh said that police were  vigilant to protect standing crops being damaged by cattle owners.