Farmers' Diwali was dull, heavy rain caused loss of 15 lakhs to cotton crop
By ashish wagh 2024-10-21 13:11:40
Diwali for farmers was dreary, and the cotton crop lost 15 lakhs due to heavy rain
Amreli: Unseasonal rains in Amreli district have caused heavy losses to farmers. A farmer of Chamardi village in Babra taluka of the district's 90 bigha cotton crop was completely destroyed, causing him a loss of about Rs 15 lakh. Farmers are struggling with this adverse situation.
Chamardi farmer, Manubhai Kanjibhai Selia, grows cotton, groundnut and soybean with traditional farming methods and gets good yield every year. He used to get a big yield by producing 80 to 90 maunds of cotton and 45 to 50 maunds of groundnut per year.
Manubhai said, "I had planted cotton in 90 bighas. Used good seeds, fertilizers and medicines, also took good care of the crop. But the unseasonal rain of the last three days ruined my entire cotton crop. The cotton seeds also fell and the crop was scattered on the ground due to heavy rain, causing huge damage. Now the crop is not possible, due to which the farmers are in deep trouble."
He further said, "Last year I had grown 1800 maunds of cotton in 90 bigha, and this year too the crop was ready. It was the time to harvest and gin the cotton, but unseasonal rains ruined everything. This season, not even 500 maunds of cotton will be produced from 90 bigha. So far 1,000 to 1,200 maunds of cotton has been spoiled. If the crop would have been fine, then according to its price, there has been a loss of Rs 15 lakh. Every year there was a big yield, but this year unseasonal rains have caused a loss of more than 15 lakhs in 90 bigha."
