Heavy Rains, Floods in Maharashtra Damage Kharif Crops

17-Sep-2025 10:48 AM

Mumbai. Heavy rains and severe flooding in Maharashtra, a major agricultural producing state, have severely damaged over 4.284 million acres of Kharif crops that were either ready for harvesting or nearing maturity. According to the Maharashtra Agriculture Minister,

Kharif crops have been severely damaged across 1,785,714 hectares of land in various districts of the state, equivalent to over 4.284 million acres.

Nashik district has been the worst affected by the natural disaster, with 7.28 million hectares of Kharif crops severely damaged. This is followed by Washim district, where crops have been damaged across 2.03 million hectares.

According to the Agriculture Minister, due to torrential rains and waterlogging in fields, Kharif crops have been reported damaged on 3.18 lakh hectares in Yavatmal district, 1.57 lakh hectares in Dharashiv, 1.77 lakh hectares in Akola, 89,782 hectares in Buldhana, and 47,266 hectares in Solapur district. In addition, districts such as Hingoli, Beed, Parbhani,

Amravati, Jalgaon, Wardha, Sangli, Ahilya Nagar, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Jalna, Latur, Dhule, Ratnagiri, Chandrapur, Satara, Nashik, Kolhapur, Sindhudurg, Pune, Gadchiroli, Raigad, and Nagpur have also suffered damage to Kharif crops due to floods and rains.

The crops most affected by natural disasters in Maharashtra include soybean, maize, cotton, black gram, pigeon pea, and green gram. Apart from this, there are reports of huge losses to fruits, vegetables, millets, sugarcane, onion, sorghum and turmeric crops.