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Gap in rainfall creates stress on Kharif crops standing in 5 lakh hectares area

Lokmat News Network

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The growing gap in rainfall in eight tehsils of the district is causing stress on the standing crops. As a result, the Kharif crops cultivated on 5.7840 hectares of agricultural land have landed into danger for want of water. Adding to the woes, the delay in issuing the orders for conducting panchanamas by the administration to assess the loss in all tehsils of the district excluding Gangapur is annoying the farmers. Meanwhile, the grave silence being maintained on the granting of 25 per cent advance as relief is worrying the farmers.

When 25 pc advance is released to farmers?

There is a provision to compensate the loss by granting 25 per cent advance to the grieved farmers if there is a gap in rainfall for more than 21 days in the respective revenue circle. The insurance companies provide relief to the farmers who had drawn crop insurances with them. The district collector issues an order in this regard to the insurance companies. Later on the advance amount is deposited in the bank accounts of the farmers.

Tehsil wise status report of gap in rainfall, sowing of Kharif crops and area of standing crops in danger are as follows:

Sillod Tehsil

Rainfall Gap : 20 days

Sowing of Kharif crops : 97,700 hectares

Crops in danger : 97,700 hectares