
Vaigai water inundates paddy crops
The Hindu
Unchecked wild growth in riverbed causes damage: farmers
Paddy farmers of three villages near here fear rot of standing crop following inundation of their fields due to overflow of water from the Vaigai.
Farmers claimed that crops on hundreds of acres in Thoruvalur, Thavarankulam, Pappakudi and Idaithangi have been submerged for over a week now.
A. Ramu, 42, a farmer, said that 45-days of paddy crop was under water for nearly10 days and he is not confident that the crops could be saved. He had raised the crop on three acres through direct sowing and has spent over ₹ 20,000 till date.

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