Floods and rains have worsened the situation

07-Sep-2024 06:25 PM

Although the sowing of Kharif crops has been good in the current year, but due to the strong activity of the South-West monsoon, there has been heavy rains and severe floods in various parts of the country, causing a lot of damage to the crops.

This time, floods are being seen even in those areas where drought traditionally prevails. The monsoon was weak in June, but it became very active in July-August and its strong activity is being seen in September as well.

Due to this, the fields have been flooded. If the heavy rains continue in the future, then the possibility of a great production of Kharif crops may diminish.

In the Kharif season, crops like paddy, pulses, oilseeds, coarse grains, cotton and sugarcane are cultivated on a large scale and more than 50 percent of the food grains in the country are produced in this season.

There is a special threat to the crops of tur, urad and moong, soybean, groundnut, sesame, maize and cotton due to floods and rains.

Kharif crops on lakhs of acres of land in various states of the country have been destroyed so far and the extent of damage is expected to increase further.

Floods have caused havoc in important agricultural producing states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

It seems that this time the monsoon is making up for last year's inactivity. There is a need to keep a special watch on the condition of pulses and oilseeds crops because they are more sensitive to floods and waterlogging. Early sown crops are being particularly affected.