Dhaka Times Desk Fasting was not done before without Hilsa. Hilsa must have any item during Sehri. But now those days are gone. I heard that the people of Calcutta used to love hilsa. Now the condition of the people of Bangladesh is the same.
Hilsa is not seen in the sea. The silver hilsa is not caught in the fishermen's nets even after casting their nets day after day. At the end of the game they are returning empty handed. Many people have already stopped going to the sea as there are no reports of hilsa being caught in nets. Halfway through the season, fishermen continue to face losses. In the fishing villages there is now lamentation. Quran Khatam and Milad mahfil are going on in the mosques of the coast area due to the hilsa famine.
Meanwhile, due to the famine of hilsa, economic recession has occurred in the coastal areas. It is known that the hilsa season has started at the beginning of Baisakh. Even after three months, silver hilsa is not seen in the sea. Delwar Hossain Faraji, a fisheries expert in Sharankhola, said that most of the fishing trawlers made three to five trips to the sea during the current hilsa season. In one of these trips, Ko Ko managed to save the original capital. He also said that till now the owners are losing Tk 2 to 3 lakh per trawler. Among them, those who went to sea and fell into the hands of pirates suffered more losses.
Kabir Artdar of Rayenda Bazar said that 90 percent of the trawler owners had to count the losses. Many of them returned from the sea empty-handed. FB owned by him went to the sea after spending 2 lakh taka on the fishing trawler of parents Doa and Khairul Islam. After returning, fish was sold for Tk 1,200 in one and Tk 1,300 in the other. In this way, the fish of Shahidul Fakir's FB Anamika trawler of Rayenda Bazar was sold for Tk 1,000, Allah's Rahmat of Ah Hai sold Tk 1,500, Kamal Miar's FB Munna-2 Tk 3,900 and Anwar Artdar's Tanjira sold Hilsa for Tk 2,500. Thus, thousands of fishing trawler owners in the coastal area are facing losses. Barguna District Fishing Trawler Sramik Union President A. Mannan said that last year 300 to 400 fishing trawlers of Patharghata went to the sea to catch Hilsa. According to his knowledge, no capital has come except Salam Shopkeeper of Patharghata Sadar and Alam Miah of Badurtala. Many trawlers returned empty handed. Among them there are many trollers including 2 by Salim Chowdhury and Latif Mia's FB Mae Doa. He said that the entire coast including Patharghata, Mahipur, Alipur is now at a standstill due to non-catch of hilsa. Fishermen and their families are living a miserable life. Trading in the markets has almost halved. Last year at this time Patharghata fishing center was bustling, now it is bustling. He also said that a day-long Koran Khatam and Milad Mahfil were held at Patharghata BFDC on July 13 to alleviate the Hilsa drought. He said that Milad and Koran Khatam were also held in other parts of the coast. Sharankhola Upazila Fishermen's Association President Abul Hossain said that many fishing trawlers returned empty-handed last year. Trawler fishermen (partners) along with the owners have come back empty-handed after investing millions of rupees. He also said that he had sent two lakhs worth of bazaar, diesel and other goods to the sea in two fishing trawlers FB Munna-3 and Munna-1 owned by him. But returned empty handed. General Secretary of Upazila Fishermen's Association Mojibur Rahman Talukder said that many fishermen (trawler owners) are sitting on the road due to losses in the last year. In the next gon (current gon), not many could afford to raise capital and send trawlers to sea. As a result, many owners could not send their fishing trawlers to sea. A large population of coastal areas are fishermen. When hilsa appears in season, the markets become busy. And when there is a famine of hilsa, there is an economic recession. And that recession has appeared across the coast. The sales of various market shopkeepers have decreased. Mustafa Kamal, a grocer and stationery shopkeeper of Rayenda Bazaar, said that their sales have halved due to the non-catch of hilsa. People are not coming to the market even on market days. The fishermen families are starving.
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