AURANGABAD: Heavy rains in July have introduced cheer to Maharashtra, however farmers in Kurunda village in Hingoli district are watching a zero-yield Kharif season after being hit by huge floods.
Not solely did they lose the crops that they had planted, however the floods additionally washed away the essential topsoil from their fields. The swollen Asana river final week additionally broken homes within the village, native farmers stated.
“I’ve a farm of three acres the place I had sown soybean. But it surely was fully washed off. The fertile layer of soil has gone,” stated farmer Shreeram Ingole. The floods left behind huge craters in his fields.
“I do not count on a single rupee’s price of yield this kharif season. I must undertake huge repairs of the farm earlier than sowing something anew. That will be potential solely after the monsoon,” he added.
Raju Ingole, the village sarpanch, stated a variety of homes have suffered injury because of the floods. “I had planted soybean and turmeric in eight acres. However all the things was washed off,” he stated.
The federal government has not performed any survey of the losses suffered by the farmers within the space to this point, Ingole added.
Not solely did they lose the crops that they had planted, however the floods additionally washed away the essential topsoil from their fields. The swollen Asana river final week additionally broken homes within the village, native farmers stated.
“I’ve a farm of three acres the place I had sown soybean. But it surely was fully washed off. The fertile layer of soil has gone,” stated farmer Shreeram Ingole. The floods left behind huge craters in his fields.
“I do not count on a single rupee’s price of yield this kharif season. I must undertake huge repairs of the farm earlier than sowing something anew. That will be potential solely after the monsoon,” he added.
Raju Ingole, the village sarpanch, stated a variety of homes have suffered injury because of the floods. “I had planted soybean and turmeric in eight acres. However all the things was washed off,” he stated.
The federal government has not performed any survey of the losses suffered by the farmers within the space to this point, Ingole added.