Bhubaneswar: heavy shower reported from the district including Ganjam, Khurda, Puri in the last 24 hours while the intensity gradually shifted to the northern district, triggering rainfall in Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jajpur and Balalasore.
Rain is constantly damaged plants ready for harvest, flooding the stretch of coastal farms in these districts.
The Special Assistance Commissioner (SRC) has asked the district collectors to assess damage and send initial reports in the next week so that the government can process compensation for farmers.
“All our hard work was washed in the rain.
We don’t know how we will survive.
After the cyclone warnings we have harvested some plants, but before we can take them home, rain comes,” Lamented Paresh Mohanty, a farmer in Jagatsinghpur.
Water logging is reported from Kendrapada, Pattamundai, Rajnagar, Mahakalapada, Marsaghai and other areas.
“We have advised farmers to harvest their plants.
We also told them not to leave their plants harvested in the open.
Many farmers managed to harvest their plants.
District farmers have raised autumn rice more than 12,350 hectares this year.
Those who lost Their plants will get assistance from the Ministry of Agriculture, “said Shiva Prasad Malkuck, Head of the Kendrapada Agriculture District.
The IMD has issued an orange warning for very heavy rainfall on one or two places above the beach and north of Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balalasore and District Mayurbaskkans for Monday.