Crops in over 20274 Ha damaged in Ngp Wardha Chanda Gadchiroli distts By Dheeraj Fartode : The three-day heavy rainfall (June 21 to June 23) has caused severe damage to crops in 20274 hectares in Nagpur Wardha Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts. Shockingly 1964 hectares of agricultural land in 96 villages was washed away due to flooding caused by the excessive rainfall according to initial estimates by the State Agriculture Department. Crops like cotton tur soybean maize and vegetables were hit the most due to rains. Agriculture Department is waiting for the final report after completion of panchanamas being done by officials of Revenue Department. In Nagpur district excessive rains wreaked havoc in 126 villages of Kamptee Saoner Kalmeshwar Ramtek and Hingna tehsils where crops of cotton tur soybean paddy jowar and maize were severely damaged in 9176.55 hectares. As compared to Nagpur the crop damage is more in Chandrapur district where massive destruction was reported on standing crops in 10579.65 hectares in 155 villages of Warora Chimur Rajura Jivati and Gondpipari tehsils. Crops of cotton paddy tur soybean and vegetables were severely destroyed due to the rains. Early estimates showed that around 418.70 hectares of crop area (mainly cotton tur and soybean) in Seloo and Samudrapur tehsils of Wardha district were affected by the rains. Gadchiroli district is the least affected among the four where crop of cotton over 100 hectares of area in Sironcha tehsil have reported damage during the excessive rainfall. 1964 Ha of agriculture land washed away Agriculture land in 96 villages of Nagpur and Chandrapur districts was washed away due to flooding as per the reports of Agriculture Department. In Nagpur district 248.3 hectares of agriculture land in 20 villages of Saner tehsil washed away due to flooding. Over 1716 hectares of agriculture land in 76 villages of Rajura Jivati Ballarpur and Korpana tehsils of Chandrapur was damaged and washed away in Chandrapur district.

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