Due to the strong winds of the storm, the harvested paddy ground tilted. Soaking in water. In some places, sprouts are coming in the fields. The harvested and dried grain also got wet here and there.
Harvested paddy soil is tilted,
dried grain is wet,
waterlogged rice fields
are also a blow to horticultural crops in Seema.
Today, Amaravati: Due to the impact of the storm, the harvested paddy ground tilted. Soaking in water. In some places, sprouts are coming in the fields. The harvested and dried grain also got wet here and there. Recently planted paddy in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore and Tirupati districts also got submerged. Cyclone Mandaus has affected most of the districts of the state. SPSR Nellore, Tirupati, Prakasam, Annamaiya, Anantapuram, Chittoor and Sri Satyasai districts received moderate rainfall. Crops are estimated to be damaged in one and a half lakh acres in the state. Apart from this, the harvested and dried grain is in lakhs of tons. The Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture are involved in preparing preliminary estimates. As of Sunday, the crop loss is estimated at around 35 thousand acres. Out of that, more than 25 thousand acres of rice has been damaged.
Delay in collection of grain
In Guntur, Bapatla, Prakasam, Krishna, NTR, West Godavari, Eluru, East Godavari, Ambedkar Konaseema and Kakinada districts, the parched paddy got wet in many places. The reason for this is the delay in the collection of grain, the farmers express. They are complaining that they have to wait for days for the sacks to be moved, and the officials are complaining that the grain that they have got is wet. In Prakasam and Palnadu districts, harvested paddy fell in Nagarjunasagar Ayakattu. The situation is similar in many places in Bapatla district. The farmers want the government to allow the purchase of wet grain and issue orders to buy it even if the moisture is high. In Tirupati and Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore districts rice paddies are also under water. The water still hasn’t come out.
Ground plantain, papaya
In many parts of Rayalaseema, horticultural crops were also damaged on a large scale. Along with Annamayya, Anantapuram, YSR Kadapa and Sri Satyasai districts, banana and papaya plantations were destroyed in Nellore district as well. Crop loss is expected to be more than 7 thousand acres. Farmers complain that the entire investment has been lost. Due to heavy rains, minu, tomato and groundnut crops were also damaged. In Prakasam district, tobacco was planted recently. In some places water has stood in the fields. Farmers claim that the groundnut crop planted in the wasteland is also a loss.
