Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, April 16: Torrential rains in the Diglipur region have hit standing crops on large hectares of farmland.
According to information, standing crops over vast stretches of land have been affected as heavy downpours battered Diglipur over the last couple of days. The downpour was reported from villages such as Shyamnagar, Radhanagar, Madhupur, Laxmipur, Milangram, Shibpur, R.K. Gram, Khudiram, and Paschimsagar. With more rain predicted in the coming days, the extent of the damage to standing crops is expected to increase.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha Daily, Shri Mahadev Gain, Zilla Parishad Member, Radhanagar constituency, said that the farming community in Diglipur has sustained severe losses due to the damage caused to their standing crops of Urad dal, Moong dal, as well as vegetables, caused by the unseasonal heavy rains. The ZPM reportedly visited the farmlands affected under GP Radhanagar and said that in the case of pulses, especially Urad dal, farmers reported damage to harvested Urad dal kept in the fields, while the unharvested Urad dal is still lying in the fields, which cannot be further reaped, he added.
Meanwhile, Mr. Gain has urged the local administration to dispatch a team of concerned officials to the rural areas to assess the extent of damage to standing and harvested pulses in farmlands in different villages under Diglipur Tehsil and extend ex gratia amount as compensation from Lieutenant Governor’s Fund to the affected farmers, the ZPM further said.
