April 25, 2024

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Hailstorm damages onion, grapes in Maharashtra

Unseasonal rains and hailstorms about the previous 3 times strike numerous sections of Maharashtra damaging grape, onion, mango, wheat, banana and jowar crops.

According to experiences, sections of western Maharashtra, north Maharashtra and Marathwada are documented to have endured hurt to the crops.

Orchards strike

Pomegranate and orange have been broken in Aurangabad and sections of Marathwada.

In February, these places had witnessed significant unseasonal rains and now rains with hailstorm have included to the woes of farmers.

Vineyards and onion cultivation in Nashik endured owing to hailstorm.

Considering that March previous yr, farmers are at the receiving end owing to sequence of lockdowns, unseasonal rains and hailstorms.

Rabi sowing

Maharashtra has documented about sixty,000-hectare rabi sowing and farmers have been banking on the deliver to recuperate losses.

Even so, hailstorm and rains have broken the all set crop in numerous spots.

The Condition Agriculture Division is assessing the hurt, when the ruling Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress alliance and the opposition BJP-led front are hectic in political warfare.