Selim Reza back from Bogura :
A silent revolution has been noticed in the agro-machinery sector of Bogura in less than a few years due to improvement of communications and modern technologies.
It has changed the lot of many entrepreneurs and created job facilities for hundreds of unemployed youths.
Meanwhile, BSCIC industrial area has turned into an agro-mechanical business hub with the efforts of new and older entrepreneurs. The agricultural and light engineering industry of the zone has already become famous in home and abroad. Many traders have now become multimillionaires from zero level by running business in this sector.
Despite the crisis of space, various varieties of farm-equipments are being produced in the BSCIC industrial area daily for supplying to different destinations of the country.
According to the sources, about 80 percent of the annual demand for agricultural equipments is fulfilled by the local products produced by several workshops and factories. This is why, the dependency of import for agricultural machineries has reduced largely compared to the previous time. In contrary, many of those are being supplied to different countries of the world after fulfilling the domestic demand.
Once, traders used to import agricultural equipments from different countries including China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and neighboring India, which was very complex and expensive. But now, local entrepreneurs have set up an example by producing various types of agri-equipments in their own factories. At present, about 5 lakh people of 1 lakh families in 16 districts of two divisions in the northern region are being benefited from the sector for their directly and indirectly involvement.
During a spot visit to different area including Fulbari, Katnarpara, Gohail Road, Shapla Market and Railway Market, this correspondent found that, a large number of products produced from different local factories and workshops built centering the BSCIC are being sold in the markets to use in agricultural sector. Of them, irrigation pump with shallow engine, liner pistons, tube-wells, various parts of power tillers, tractors and paddy harvesters are significant.
While talking, concern people said, dependency of people in different areas of the country including Pabna, Sirajganj, Natore, Tangail, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dinajpur, Joypurhat, Lalmonirhat, Khulna, Jessore, Jamalpur and Mymensingh on those products is widening day by day due to their best quality and cheaper rate. Besides, good communication between Bogura and other parts of the country is also the main among other reasons behind the expansion of this business. It is to be mentioned that, ship breaking iron or scrap is the main rawmaterial of the industries.