Nagpur: Heavy rainfall between June 21 and 23 damaged plants in an area of 20,274 hectares in Nagpur, Wardha, Chandrapur, and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra Regency, with cotton, tour, soybeans, corn, and vegetables into the worst blow, said agricultural officials on Sunday.
As per the initial estimate by the Ministry of Agriculture, 1,964 hectares of land in 96 villages were abolished in the flood caused by rain, he added.
In Nagpur, rain damaged plants at 9,176.55 hectares spread in 126 villages in Kampee, Saoner, Kalmeshwar, Ramtek and Hingna Tehsils, while the destruction of products spread across 155 villages in Warora, Chimur, Rajura, Jivati and GondPipari Tehsils in Chandrapur, said an official.
“Cotton, tours and soybeans are planted on 418.70 hectares in Seloo and the Samudrapur in Wardha are destroyed.
More than 100 hectares of cotton cultivation are damaged at Sironcha Tehsil in Gadchiroli,” he said.
From agricultural land swept away, 248.3 hectares are located in 20 villages in Saoner in Nagpur, and 1,716 hectares in 76 villages in Rajura, Jivati, Ballarpur and Korpana Tehsils in Chandrapur, he added.
The final report on damage caused by agricultural products with the waited rain from the State Revenue Department, the official said.
Plants on hectares 20.2k in Nagpur, Wardha, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli is broken
