Tarek Mahmud, Laxmipur:
The turbidity of the morning and the intense cold are sitting in the winter. It is falling In the meantime, the 4 upazilas of Laxmipur in Meghna coastal district of Meghna are busy collecting juice. However, due to care and disinterest, the number of palm trees is going to be extinct day by day, along with the number of trees, the trees are also changing their profession. So the district agriculture department has said to help the farmers to keep this ancient profession in stride.
The mood of winter begins in nature at the beginning of Kartik. The seasonal cycle has come in the season cycle. But in the beginning, the preparations for the date of the date of the palm juice are started in the beginning. The trees have been seen collecting sap from the trees in Banchanagar of Laxmipur since the morning crows in Banchnagar.
But the number of trees and trees is decreasing with the same, but thousands of trees are dying due to the lack of skilled trees and the lack of skill of the trees.
Ibrahim (24) of Charmandal village of Sadar Upazila said, "My father used to collect sap from palm trees but this palm tree is going to disappear day by day in the village. If the government initiative is not taken then the rural heritage and seasonal financial system will be fine.
In this poison, the Deputy Director of Lakshmipur District Agriculture Extension Department. Md Zakir Hossain said, as a minor crop, there is no initiative from the agriculture department regarding date palm trees, but the cooperation and training of interested farmers will be given. Last year, 500 seedlings were planted in Kamalnagar upazila.
He also said that date palm trees have been planted in 35 hectares of land in Laxmipur and due to the reluctance of the new generation to collect sap, most of them are not collected from date palm juice.
