Paddy bear the brunt of Nivar
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The Guntur district administration has estimated that agricultural crops in 1.35 lakh hectares and horticultural crops in 5,500 hectares have been broken on account of the current cyclone Nivar. Paddy is the worst affected with damages reported in 1.33 lakh hectares.
District Collector I. Samuel Ananda Kumar instructed reporters right here on Thursday that efforts have been on to salvage crops in 22 mandals by draining out water. The income and irrigation division personnel have been engaged on a conflict footing. They engaged JCB machines to empty out water in 35,000 hectares.
Mr. Samuel stated that fields of each farmer could be surveyed and the crop loss compensation could be credited on to the accounts of farmers by December 31. The compensation would additionally cowl farmers recognized in e-crop. The enumeration would proceed to incorporate tenant farmers. Farmers, who’ve suffered losses, could be supplied 80% subsidy for Bengal gram and inexperienced gram.
Crop harvesting experiments have been happening to estimate the productiveness and the district administration would additionally present harvesting machines to farmers, stated the Collector.
Procurement centres
The district administration has arrange 164 paddy procurement centres they usually have been built-in with Rythu Bharosa Kendras.
A management room was arrange at the Collector’s workplace (94913 92717).
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