Live
- Revise income limit for EWS admissions in pvt schools to `5 lakh: LG
- MCD mayoral election today: Satya reappointed as presiding officer
- Don’t fall in trap of drug addiction, youths cautioned
- Air Pollution Crisis: LG approves redeployment of Civil Defence volunteers
- Delhi police orders checking of hotels to nab criminals
- Kavya seeks people’s support for development of district
- Leaders remember People’s poet Kaloji
- BJP’s win shows people back corruption-free govt: Dattatreya
- UP: SC’s demolition verdict will help curb organised crime
- Won’t back off from ‘Pharma Village’, says Telangana CM’s brother
Srikakulam: Deficit rainfall affects paddy cultivation
Farmer ploughs his farm field with tractor at Rayipadu village to sow paddy seeds
The farmers in the district are adopting direct sowing method for paddy cultivation for the Kharif season.
Srikakulam:The farmers in the district are adopting direct sowing method for paddy cultivation for the Kharif season. To cultivate paddy crop farmers are growing paddy nurseries and the same would be transplanted after one month. In the wake of low rainfall water is not yet released for irrigation purpose in any project in the district.
According to officials, out of 30 mandals across the district deficit rainfall recorded in 21 mandals from June 2 to July 2, which is crucial month for readiness of kharif crops cultivation. Deficit rainfall is high in Kanchili mandal as 80 percent. Kaviti, Itchapuram, Kotturu, Polaki, Laveru, Gara mandals received deficit rainfall and recorded highest percentage. Only nine mandals received normal rainfall in the district so far.
"We lost hopes on current rainy season said T Krishna Rao and S Laxmi farmers of Thogaram and Bobbilipeta villages in Amudalavalasa mandal and K Rama Raju farmer of Rayipadu village in Srikakulam rural mandal.
