Sunamganj, Feb. 19 -- An irrigation crisis has emerged across hundreds of hectares of Boro farmland lying to the south of Jibdara Bazar, Shimulbak Union, in Sunamganj's Shantiganj Upazila due to a lack of water.

The farmlands are cracking due to water scarcity, and the drying up of water bodies in the Haor has caused severe distress for farming families, putting the crops at risk.

Locals say the filling up of the water bodies in the Haor has caused the irrigation crisis. Farmers fear that if these water bodies are not dredged soon, the farmlands in the Haor will remain uncultivated in the future.

According to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer's office, the Suraiya Beel water body in Ukargaon, Shimulbak Union, has 13.30 acres, but it is devoi...