Heavy Rains Cause Damage to Kharif Crops in Marathwada

18-Aug-2025 08:41 PM

Nanded. Due to extremely heavy rains in the Marathwada division of Maharashtra for the last three days, a flood scenario has appeared in districts like Nanded, Washim, Hingoli and Sambhaji Nagar, the fields have been submerged and Kharif crops are suffering heavy losses.

In Nanded district, the fields of Arhar (Tuvar) and soybean are flooded and the plants have drowned in it. The situation in the low-lying areas is very bad because it is difficult to drain water from there. Now the farmers are waiting for the arrival of revenue officials so that the damage to the crops can be assessed.

Maharashtra Agriculture Minister says that many cases of assessment of crop damage are already pending and hence it may take at least 72 hours to assess the new damage.

Though the flood situation started improving from the evening of 17 August as heavy rainfall in the affected areas stopped, the disaster management team is making tireless efforts to evacuate the entire area and continue the rescue work. The floods in the low lying areas have caused heavy damage not only to crops but also to houses and roads.

The Godavari and Ven Ganga rivers along with their tributaries in various parts of Marathwada division have flooded due to which many villages have lost contact with the district headquarters, roads have been destroyed and life of the people has become miserable.

Marathwada division has eight districts. Within 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday (16-17 August), there was heavy rainfall of 74 mm in Hingoli, 68 mm in Nanded and 27 mm in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar districts.

The highest rainfall was recorded in Sarsam and Himapat Nagar of Nanded district and Kalamnuri area of Hingoli district.

The Meteorological Department had issued an orange alert for heavy rains with strong winds in Sambhaji Nagar, Latur, Jalna and Faid districts on August 18, while a yellow alert has been issued in the remaining districts.