Heavy damage to paddy crop in flood-affected districts of Uttar Pradesh

11-Jul-2024 08:04 PM

Shahjahanpur. Heavy rains in the Terai region of Purvanchal division of Uttar Pradesh, overflowing of rivers and release of water from dams and reservoirs have caused severe floods in many districts, due to which heavy damage is being reported especially to paddy crops.

The havoc of devastating floods is being seen in Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Badaun and Bareilly and the surrounding districts. According to trade sources, paddy crops have been destroyed in thousands of acres of land in this area.

The sad situation is that the nurseries that the farmers had set up for the 'seedlings' of paddy have also been submerged in water. Even if there is no further rain or flood, it will take about 15 days for the water to drain out and by then the young paddy plants in the nurseries will be destroyed. Plants from these nurseries are planted.

Now there is no time to set up new nurseries. Sesame and millet are also cultivated in this area, but due to waterlogging in the fields, sowing of the same is not possible. Due to this, the farmers are quite disappointed and frustrated. 

Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer of paddy and rice. This time, there is heavy rain in the southwest monsoon. Water has accumulated in the fields of many districts of the state.

There is no hindrance in the transplantation of paddy in the areas with normal level of water logging, but the situation has worsened in the flood affected areas.

Now efforts will be made to sow alternative crops there, but for this also the farmers will have to wait till the normal amount of moisture comes in the soil of the fields. 

The previous day, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh had done an aerial survey of some flood affected areas.

It is believed that due to very heavy rains in the areas where the rivers originate and flow in Nepal, a terrible situation has arisen and due to the release of water from there, there was a terrible flood in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.