-Down to Earth Rainfall status yo-yos from 23% deficit to 20% excess in a month Farmers in Madhya Pradesh, who had been craving rain, are now afraid of too much of it. Their crops of maize and soyabean have either been destroyed or have turned yellow due to the rains. Flat fields have turned slushy. Crop seedlings have been destroyed due to soil erosion in the state’s hilly areas. Bunds meant for paddy...
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Inadequate rainfall adds to misery of Jharkhand farmers -Achintya Ganguly
-The Telegraph State, which is still reeling under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, is now staring at a drought-like situation: Hemant Soren Ranchi: The rainfall measurement in Jharkhand — inadequate till now — has become a matter of concern. “The state, which is still reeling under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, is now staring at a drought-like situation,” a worried chief minister Hemant Soren said while addressing a gathering in Dumka...
More »UP headed towards drought? Less than Normal Rainfall in 96% districts -Vivek Mishra and Aryan Kapoor
-Down to Earth Police stop farmers from using tube wells to irrigate their fields India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, appears headed for a drought. Seventy-two of its 75 districts (96 per cent) recorded ‘below normal’ rainfall till July 20, 2022, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data. Fifty-nine of the 75 districts recorded ‘extremely low’ rainfall. These districts are suffering a ‘large deficit’, which means they received less than 60 per cent...
More »Paddy sowing down by 24%, oilseeds 20% due to less rains in some parts: Govt
-BusinessToday.in Paddy was sown in 95 lakh hectares and oilseeds in 97.56 lakh hectares in the same period of the 2021-22 crop year (July-June). The area under coverage for paddy declined 24 per cent to 72.24 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing Kharif sowing season, while oilseeds acreage is lower by 20 per cent at 77.80 lakh hectares because of delay in the progress of monsoon rains in some parts of...
More »Assam: Three more held for damaging Silchar dyke -Umanand Jaiswal
-The Telegraph The number of persons arrested in the case has gone up to four Guwahati: Three more persons have been arrested on charges of damaging a dyke that led to the flooding of Silchar in Assam on June 19 with water from the overflowing Barak river that runs along the town. The number of persons arrested in the case has gone up to four after the arrest of Mitu Hussain Laskar, Nazir...
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