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Lawsuit threatens Bangladesh shrimp farms

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By SeafoodSource staff
10 September, 2012 - Lawsuits by a government agency against quite a large number of shrimp farms in the country’s southern districts have put the third largest foreign currency earning sector in trouble, official sources said.



The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) filed the cases recently against the shrimp farms in the country’s shrimp production hub — Khulna and Satkhira districts — accusing them of facilitating the entry of saline water into the farms by damaging roads, dams and culverts and assaulting its officials.



In Khulna 20 cases were filed against 236 shrimp farmers and in Satkhira 11 cases were filed against 524 farmers while 729 more notices were served upon other farmers, creating panic among them.



Officials said following the lawsuits the farmers have gone into hiding to avoid arrest and they failed to cultivate shrimp this year. Farmers who managed to cultivate shrimp are failing to supply saline water in their farms due to obstructions created by the BWDB officials.

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