Crops damaged on huge extent
The Hindu
Chances of revival of some crops, getting compensation grim
The recent spell of heavy rains in the State, particularly in the northern parts, has left a large extent of standing crops damaged – inundated/submerged, washed away and silted – leading to distress among a section of farmers with little or no hopes of getting any compensation in the form of crop insurance claim or input subsidy. Standing crops such as cotton, maize, soybean, greengram, blackgaram, redgram, paddy and vegetables bore the brunt of heavy rains with no chance of revival in case of maize, soybean, greengram, blackgram and vegetables. According to officials of the Agriculture Department standing crops have been badly affected in Peddapalli, Rajanna-Sircilla, Jagityal, Kamareddy, Nizamabad, Warangal, Hanumakonda, Mulugu, Jayashankar-Bhupalapally, Mahabubabad, Jangaon, Bhadradri-Kothagudem and Khammam districts. Crops have also been impacted in Adilabad, Kumram Bheem-Asifabad, Nirmal, Mancherial and a few other districts. Although the extent of damage is yet to be enumerated, it is estimated that it could be up to 10 lakh acres out of 1.25 crore acres cultivated so far this season.More Related News