Rain Damage Crop In Tamil Nadu: In the Kharif season, floods, rains and drought caused a lot of damage to the farmers. The farmers had to face a lot of crisis. Even recently, rain and hailstorm have caused havoc on crops in many states including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan. But the danger of damage due to rain has not averted yet. Now a state of South India is troubled by the rains. Here the farmers have suffered a loss of lakhs of rupees. The local farmers are suffering from the ravages of the weather.
Damage to paddy, pulses due to rain
In Tamil Nadu’s Kaveri delta region, unseasonal rains have damaged both the samba paddy crop and the freshly sown pulses crop. The entire crop of pulse crops like green and black gram has been wiped out, these crops were grown as fallow crops of rice. Local farmers say that farmers are not able to recover from the weather.
Paddy crops washed away in Kaveri delta
Local farmer organizations say that pulses have completely washed away in the delta region. This is a big blow to the farmers who had received the seeds at subsidized rates from the government. Steps should be taken by the government to help the farmers. Only then the farmers will be able to get some relief.
Paddy, pulse crops in this area
In Nagapattinam district alone, pulses have been sown in more than 10,200 hectares of land. This includes green gram in 9,300 hectares and black gram in 900 hectares. However, no survey has been done by the state government on the damages caused by the rains. That’s why the assessment has also not been issued. Farmers’ organizations claim that the crop of the entire area has been destroyed due to rain. The rains have also affected large areas of pulse crops in other delta districts. It was told that the pulses crop in about 6 lakh acres in the delta region could be affected by the rains.
Seeds were given on 50 percent subsidy
The state government had provided seeds at 50 percent subsidy, so that more and more farmers could sow pulse crops. Under this subsidy scheme, a target was set to cover about 10 lakh acres of land in the state. Many farmers also took advantage of this scheme. The farmers were hopeful that this time the savings would be substantial. But the rain has done the work of turning water on their desires. Farmers are demanding compensation from the government for crop loss.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Farmer brothers, before implementing any suggestion, do consult the concerned expert.
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