Drought singes Puja mood
in 3 B’ngir blocks
Thursday, 18 October
2018 | PNS | BALANGIR
Even
as people of Balangir are celebrating Durga Puja with religious fervour, the
farmers of Belpada, Muribahal, Bonogomonda and Loisingha blocks have turned to
be a worried lot as a drought-like situation has occurred in these areas and
paddy crops have been damaged.
According
to reports, out of the 14 blocks in the district, Belpada block received 49 per
cent deficit rainfall, Muribahal block 41 per cent deficit, Loisingha block
witnessed 44 per cent less rainfall. Cracks have developed in the most of
the paddy fields in these three blocks.
“If
rains don’t occur within four days, paddy crops in certain pockts will be
lost,” said Agriculture Deputy Direcor Sridhar Das.
Das,
however, disputed the reports of deficit rainfall in Loisingha block saying
that there has been a well-distributed rainfall in the block.
Asked
how much areas have been affected, Das said “I have asked officials to prepare
a report.”
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