The recent flood has damaged seedbeds of aman paddy on 20 bighas (one bigha is 0.1338 hectare) of land in Lalmonirhat. Different areas of the district including Kalmati, Khuniyagachh, Rajpur, Tajpur, Milon Bazar under sadar upazila, Gobordhan, Mohishkhocha, Bala Para under Aditmari upazila, Char Kakina, Jamir Bari, Votmari, under Kaliganj upazila and Goddimari, Daliya, Dowani, Paruliya, Sindurna under Hatibandha upazila of the district have been inundated by the recent flood. Afzal Hossain, of village Kalmati in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila told New Age that onrush water from the River Teesta had damaged his aman seedbed on one bigha of land, causing the loss of Tk 10,000. The deputy director of Department of Agricultural Extension in the district, Aftab Uddin Khan said he had visited flood-affected areas and saw damaged seedbeds. He assured the affected farmers of all help in preparing their seedbeds. The executive engineer of WDB, Lalmonirhat Abdul Matin said on Sunday the water level of Teesta had declined.