Tiruvadanai farmers worst hit by northeast monsoon
The Hindu
‘Ramanathapuram district had 261.40 mm of excess rainfall’
RAMANATHAPURAM
Out of the 684.88 hectares of crop loss in the recent northeast monsoon rain in Ramanathapuram district, Tiruvadanai block appeared to have suffered the most as crops on 639.37 hectares had been damaged, according to a survey conducted by the officials of Agriculture and Revenue Departments.
Disclosing the information at a farmers’ grievance meeting held here on Tuesday, the officials also said that the crop damage in Kadaladi covered an area of 37.92 ha, R.S. Mangalam 3.41 ha and Ramanathapuram 4.18 ha.
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