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As Bangladesh is an agricultural country most of the districts are dependent on agriculture. Economy of Pabna mainly based on agriculture. The river Padma is helping enormously to prepare this region suitable for cultivation. Main Crops:  Rice, Sugarcane, Jute, Wheat, Mustered, Nut, Onion, Garlic, Turmeric, Vegetable. etc. Main Fruits:  Mango, Jack fruit, Lichi, Banana, Pappa, Guava, Lemon, Watermelon, Berry, Black Berry.

Mujib Dam: Under Pabna Irrigation & rural development program the dam from Natiabari to Bera (15.50 km.) is known as "Mujib Dam". Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman inaugurate the dam in 1973. For this dam irrigation & flood control have become easier to the people.

Chalan Beel: One of the largest inland depressions of marshy character and also one of the richest wetland areas of Bangladesh. It is the largest beel of the country and comprises a series of depressions interconnected by various channels to form more or less one continuous sheet of water in the rainy season when it covers an area of about 368 sq km. The beel extends over four adjacent districts, Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajganj and Natore. The major parts of it cover an extensive area of Raiganj upazila of Sirajganj district and Chatmohar upazila of Pabna district. It lies between Singra upazila (Natore district) and the north bank of the river Gumani. The southeastern extremity of the beel is at Astamanisha in Pabna district, close to Nunnagar, where the Gumani and the baral meet. Its northern boundary in this district may be marked by a line drawn from the east of Singra to the Bhadai river, which forms the boundary between Rajshahi, Pabna and Bogra. The eastern boundary may be represented by a line drawn north-south in Pabna and running through Tarash upazila east of the Bhadai. The greatest breadth of the beel is about 13 km from Tarash at the northeast to Narayanpur, near the north bank of the Gumani. Its greatest length is about 24 km from Singra to Kachikata on the Gumani.

The main constituent beels of Chalan beel are, from west to east: (1) Purba Maddhanagar, (2) Piprul, (3) Dangapara, (4) Laror, (5) Tajpur, (6) Niala, (7) Chalan, (8) Majhagaon, (9) Briasho, (10) Chonmohan, (11) Satail, (12) Khardaha, (13) Darikushi, (14) Kajipara, (15) Gajna, (16) Bara, (17) Sonapatila, (18) Ghugudaha, (19) Kuralia, (20) Chiral, (21) Dikshi and (22) Gurka. The big-size depressions (ie beels) are mostly in Pabna district. They are: Gajna, Bara, Sonapatila, Ghugudaha, Chiral and Gurka. Gajna beel comprises an area of 123 sq km, and is located to the south of Dulai. Bara beel covers an area of 31 sq km. Sonapatila beel lies in the northern part of Pabna and has an area of 35 sq km. Kuralia and Dikshi beels cover areas of 18 and 15 sq km respectively; both are in Chatmohar upazila. Chiral and Gurka beels cover an area of 8 sq km each and Ghugudaha beel is 4 sq km in size.

Chalan beel was formed when the old brahmaputra diverted its water into the new channel of the jamuna. Chalan beel was probably a backswamp before it was greatly expanded with the inclusion of abandoned courses of the karatoya and the atrai and became a vast lake. The formation of the Chalan beel is historically linked with the demise of the Atrai and the Baral. The Atrai or the Gur was the principal feeder channel of Chalan beel, which used to drain the districts of Dinajpur and northern Rajshahi. The Baral worked as an outlet of the beel and eventually found its way into the Jamuna. It was about 1,088 sq km in area at the time it was formed. The southern edge of the beel is skirted by the Gumani, which carries the water of the beel into Bara beel, which in turn carries the water into the Jamuna. During the rainy season the Gumani overflows its banks and pours its water into the beel. When the Jamuna is flooded, the water of the Baral is held up until the Jamuna falls again. During the dry season, the greater part of the beel dries up, leaving a water basin of about 25.9 to 31.08 sq km, which may be called its 'core'. However, the core is not covered with an uninterrupted expanse of water. It remains a collection of shallow sheets of water connected with each other by very tortuous channels. Round the core, there are two concentric irregular shaped oval areas growing rice of the long-stemmed variety, usually known as floating rice. The first 'ring', rather narrow towards the southwest, is covered with 1.53 to 1.83m of water during the rainy season. The west of Chalan beel may be included in the 'outer ring', where water in the rainy season is much less than other parts of the beel. Both the rings dry up entirely between December and June.

Chalan beel is rapidly silting up. During the last century and a half, it has shrunk at least 19.32 km from the southern side due to annual deposits of silt from the ganges. Its other feeder rivers like the Gur and the Baral are also major contributory factors in reducing the size of the beel.

A survey carried out in 1909 by the Public Works Department into drainage and silting up of the beel found that the previous area of about 1,088 sq km have been reduced to about 368 sq km. The remaining area had been reclaimed either for cultivation or settlement. Even in this reduced area, only 86 sq km was found under water all the year round. It was estimated that the feeder rivers had brought 6.3 million cu m of silt a year of which 1.5 million cu m were washed away by different drainage channels coming out of the beel. The remaining 4.8 million cu m had been deposited annually. If distributed uniformly over the whole of 368 sq km, it would have raised the level at the rate of 1.27 cm a year. Another inquiry was made in 1910 to further ascertain the condition of the beel during the dry season. It too found that the area had been further reduced. A third investigation carried out in 1913, ascertained that only 31 to 39 sq km remained under water throughout the year. The banks around the core area were under cultivation and the beel proper had 2.75 to 5.49m of water in April. In the 1950s, various reclamation works reduced the beel to about 25.9 sq km. In 1987, it appeared completely dry except for some small man-made ponds.

Land in Chalan beel is being reclaimed and new villages are springing up alongside. In the dry season, all the smaller and larger beels dry up except their deeper centre. The outlying marginal lands are cultivated with boro and HYV (High Yield Variety) rice in the dry season. In the wet season, the shallow peripheries are cultivated for deep-water aman rice and jute.

Pabna Irrigation Project: The model setup for the project was based on previously established Atrai sub-model which covers the Atrai-Baral-Sibbarnai river systems. All major drainage routes within the project area including existing structures and flood cells were incorporated in the Atrai sub-model to develop a very detail model of the project and adjacent areas. Model simulations covered generation of data on changes in flooded areas and flood duration in the pre- and post-project conditions, generation of period depth maps, and simulated water levels in adjacent areas. The use of a mathematical model to obtain an insight into the effects of flood protection and drainage schemes have been successfully demonstrated in this project. However, recently introduced GIS technology at SWMC will provide more suitable basis for the spatial interpretation of such investigations. The modeling was carried out alongside the North West Region Modeling activities of the Surface Water Simulation Modeling Program, Phase-II. The model was calibrated and verified for the period of 1990 to 1992. Now 184534 hector land area is under this project. 23 sluice gate and 2 pump house are the main elements of these project. Bera Pumping Station plays the main role of this project with its 5 pumps for irrigation.

Tebunia Seed Producing Farm: This farm was established in 1962 consist of 500 acres of land property. The main function of the farm is produce seeds of various crops like paddy, wheat, maize, mustard, pulse, oil, vegetable etc. The production target of this farm is 600 tons per year. 300 local labors work here everyday. Seed Processing Center: Seed Processing center was established under the authorization of "Seed Producing Farm, Tebunia". It is consist of 5 acre of land. It has 4 stores to store various kinds of seeds. Total capacity of these stores is 2500 Mt.

Bangladesh Sugarcane Research and Training Institute: This institute established in 1961 as "Sugarcane Research Station" at Ishwardi, Pabna. This station consist of 235 acre of land area. In 1973 this institute was named "Bangladesh Sugarcane Research and Training Institute". In 1995 this institute was declared as a National Research Institution. Now 100 scientist working here. To invent high quality sugarcane is the main function of this institute. Regional Agriculture & Pulse Research Station: These two institute were known as "Nucleus Seed Multiplication Farm" in 1946. In 1965 these institutions turned in "Horticulture Research Station" and in 1969 these two institutions were jointly known as "Agriculture Research substation". In 1976 this institution was named Regional Agriculture Research Institute. In 1994 Pulse Research Institute was established for the increasing demands of pulse and in 22nd march 1997 it worked for the first time.

Others : Hatchery– 2. Ponds under Project– 103. Private Hatchery– 14. Ponds– 17,902. Lake– 3. River & Canal– 43. Livestock development center and hospital– 11, Animal development center– 10.