Samba coverage in Cauvery delta up by about 2.5 lakh acres this time
The Hindu
Having received substantial flows of the Cauvery water and a favourable northeast monsoon, the delta in Tamil Nadu has improved its previous year’s coverage during the Samba cultivation season by about 2.5 lakh acres.
Having received substantial flows of the Cauvery water and a favourable northeast monsoon, the delta in Tamil Nadu has improved its previous year’s coverage during the Samba cultivation season by about 2.5 lakh acres.
Compared to around 7.27 lakh acres last year, the coverage during the cultivation season is 9.78 lakh acres this time. With respect to the parallel Thaladi season, the current year’s showing has fallen short of that of 2022-23 by about 1.4 lakh acres. As a result, the net increase of the combined coverage during the Samba-Thaladi season this year was cut down to 1.15 lakh acres.
The reason for the variation in the coverage is not far to seek. Veteran farmer of Nannilam in Tiruvarur district, V. Ravichandran, points out that this year, the extent of coverage during the short-term Kuruvai crop (around 3.88 lakh acres) was not as much as it was last year (approximately 5.60 lakh acres). Consequently, the delta farmers chose to go for Samba in a bigger way than what they would have done otherwise. As a result, the coverage during Thaladi this time is lower than what it was about a year ago, Mr. Ravichandran explains, adding that the harvesting of the Samba crop is expected to pick up momentum this time only 10 days after the Pongal festival.
As for the Cauvery water realisation by Tamil Nadu, the data, released by the Central Water Commission, reveal that the State received about 284 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) between June 1, 2024, and January 6, 2025, against 165 tmc ft, as prescribed by the Supreme Court for the corresponding period. As for the rainfall during the northeast monsoon (October-December 2024), barring Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore which recorded normal rainfall, other districts in the delta region registered excess rainfall.
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