Paddy cultivation taken up in over 14,000 hectares
The Hindu
Annual target for Tirunelveli district is 43,000 hectares
With favourable conditions prevailing in the district for a good ‘pisanam’ paddy season as reservoirs have decent storage of water even at the start of northeast monsoon, paddy has been cultivated on 14,607 hectares since April against the annual target of 43,000 hectares.
Addressing the farmers’ grievances redressal meet held at the Collectorate here on Friday, Collector V. Vishnu said the district had recorded 842.64 mm rainfall till October 27 against the normal rainfall of 495 mm – an excess rainfall of 70.23%. The five dams in the district, including Papanasam, Servalar and Manimuthar dam, have decent storage of 63.95% water – 8,237.48 mcft against the cumulative storage of 12,882 mcft.