Crop loss due to hailstorm and rain

Crop Damage in India due to Hailstorm and Heavy rain

Weather

In India this rabi season within the month of March, where the harvesting of mustard and gram begins, the sector situation is grains begin to fall within the wheat crop. This weather such a time, rains, hail, and powerful winds have caused great destruction in agricultural rural India. quite thousands of acres of the field crop are ruined in many states.

Still now an alert bulletin for subsequent few days during which several states are susceptible to rain and hailstorms and powerful wind, which can further aggravate farmers' concern.

Bad weather continues in Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, West Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. During this era in many nations of North India, wind speeds are going to be up to 30-40 kmph and Guts 40-45 kmph and with lightening, a hailstorm is additionally expected. In Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, the weather has been forecast to worsen around 17-18 March 2020.

Continuous rains increase losses

Unseasonal rains amid hailstorm and powerful winds have damaged wheat also as other rabi crops at various places within the districts of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. because of the continual rains, the crop will rot within the field, which can affect the productivity per hectare also the production. Sukhbir Singh Badal, president of Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab, has demanded from the government that farmers should be compensated for crop damage at the earliest. Speaking at a public rally in Israna, Panipat, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has said that the concerned Deputy Commissioners are instructed to assess the damage.

Weather forecast

A new Western Disturbance may occur over Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining Pakistan and it'll effect on Punjab. A cyclonic system is additionally active over Arunachal Pradesh. Confluence is made from Bihar to Madhya Pradesh. A cyclonic circulation has formed near the coasts of Karnataka. During the subsequent 24 hours, rain activity will decrease over North India. there's an opportunity of dry and cozy weather in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Whereas heat and humidity will increase in South India.

Snowfall Occured in these Places

Moderate to heavy rains and snowfall observed in some places of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the last 24 hours. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh have observed moderate scattered rains and thunderstorms with strong winds. Thunderstorms were also recorded at some places in Punjab, Haryana and West Bengal.

These are the updates on the weather.

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