Port Blair, Dec 06: Highlighting the problems of cultivators of paddy and vegetables, the Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to direct the concerned departments to assess the damage to crops in the entire North and Middle Andaman region and pay necessary compensation to the farmers, who have suffered losses due to damage of crops because of heavy rain.
In a letter addressed to the Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Member of Parliament mentioned that very recently due to low pressure formation in the South Andaman region and also because of other natural causes the North and Middle Andaman region witnessed heavy rain, which has caused large scale damage to the standing paddy crops. In many villages vegetable cultivators have also suffered heavy loss due to heavy rainfall, he added.
The Member of Parliament mentioned that in Andaman and Nicobar Islands most of the farmers are completely dependent on paddy cultivation for their need of rice for the entire year while some portion of the rice is also sold in local markets. He informed the Lt. Governor that because of the heavy rain now many cultivators of paddy and vegetables, who have invested heavily for seeds, fertilizers and insecticides have lost source of income for the coming months due to damage to their standing crops.
