Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, Nov. 23: There is no respite from the wrath of the sporadic and undesirable rain these days in Diglipur. In fact, it has become a headache and troublesome for the farmers and poor peasants. The untimely and ruthless rain has wreaked havoc especially on fully ripe paddy in the fields of the paddy growers. The farmers haven’t been able to garner or harvest the ripe paddy due to this unseasonable and unheralded rain. Trail of devastating damage of ripe paddy can be seen as it is still lying in the field. The gusty rain had laid the ripe paddy on the bed of the field and even the paddy has started sprouting again at the field itself.
Similarly, vegetable farmers who sowed seeds and seedlings have sustained severe loss; every time they sow the seeds, the seeds start sprouting and when they start growing the unpredicted rain damages the seedlings at their budding stage, bemoaned a farmer.
On the other hand, there is a huge crisis of vegetables created in the market as the production is being severely affected at the farm/field by this rain. As a result, the price of vegetables has skyrocketed while people with no choice are forced to dig into their pockets.
Meanwhile, voice has already been raised from different political platforms with the plea to the administration to assess the extent of damage of paddy and other crops due to this untimely rain and extend possible compenstion to the affected farmers, a source said.
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