Timely Normal Rains Save Cotton, Soya, Red Gram In Adilabad Region
The Komaram Bheem Asifabad district received cumulative normal rainfall while the actual rainfall is 353mm against 432mm rainfall: Reports
CHINTHAGUDA (ADILABAD): Timely normal rainfall at various places in the last two days saved the planted cotton, soya and red gram crops in the Adilabad district.
However, farmers who preferred late sowing are facing difficulty with insufficient growth of the plants and germination of seeds. Cotton is a major crop with a cultivated area of 4.30 lakh acres, while Soya is sown in 56,000 acres and red gram in 42,000 acres in Adilabad district.
Farmers now pin their hopes on the normal rainfall of the last two days, and say this saved the plants, but heavy spells of rain are needed for growth of the plants in the coming days.
There, however, is a deviation between the actual and normal rainfall in the erstwhile Adilabad district. The Komaram Bheem Asifabad district has received normal rainfall till now, while Mancherial, Nirmal and Adilabad are facing deficit rainfall.
The Komaram Bheem Asifabad district received cumulative normal rainfall while the actual rainfall is 353mm against 432mm rainfall with an 18 per cent deviation from June 1 to July 22.
The Mancherial district received 305. 7mm rainfall against the normal rainfall of 380.4mm with a-20 per cent deviation. Adilabad district has recorded an actual rainfall of 279.2mm against a 432.2mm rainfall with a -36 per cent deviation
The Nirmal district received 280.2mm actual rainfall against a 380.8mm normal rainfall, with a -26 per cent deviation.
Farmer Sedmaki Prabhu of Chinthaguda of Adilabad rural mandal said the normal rains in the last two days were timely and crucial in saving the plants of cotton and soya bean crops. “However, the normal and scanty rainfall are not going to help the plants grow. They need heavy spells of rain in the coming 15 days.”
The scanty rainfall not only hit the standing crops but also livestock in the villages since there is no green grass nearby due to dry spells for grazing in the villages. Cattle rearer are taking their flock, including goats, sheep and cows, to the fringes of forests for grazing, he said.
Sedmaki Prabhu said there are nearly 500 livestock in their neighbouring village, Kothur, but the villagers are facing the problem of drinking water and green grass for their livestock.
