- Title: Floods swallow crops of farmers in central India
- Date: 25th August 2022
- Summary: VIDISHA, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA (AUGUST 24, 2022) (ANI - No use India) SUBMERGED FARM LANDS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSE TEMPLE SURROUNDED BY FLOODWATERS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED TRUCK TREE/FLOODWATERS ROCK/FLOODWATERS VARIOUS OF FARMERS SWIMMING IN FLOODWATERS FARMER, RANJIT THAKUR, SHOWING DAMAGED CROP (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) FARMER, RANJIT THAKUR, SAYING: "Only those houses which are on higher grounds are left in my village. Others which were at lower grounds have been flooded and a couple of them have washed away.We are all wheat farmers. Wheat is completely destroyed. Everyone is facing terrible losses in Billori village." VARIOUS OF SUBMERGED FARM LANDS/TRAIN PASSING BY (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) LOCAL, NAMAN SINGH RAJPUT, SAYING: "All the farms have been inundated. The crop is wheat. It has been completely flooded with floodwaters." FLOODWATERS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA REPORTER WALKING IN ANKLE-DEEP FLOODWATERS LOCAL, MOHAN BANDI (RED SHIRT), SMILING AS HE STANDS IN ANKLE-DEEP FLOODWATERS OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE FLOODWATERS IN RESIDENTIAL AREA MAN WADING THROUGH FLOODWATERS BANDI AND HIS BROTHER LOOKING ON LEGS OF BANDI AND HIS BROTHER INSIDE THEIR HOME ANKLE-DEEP IN FLOODWATERS FLOODWATERS INSIDE BANDI'S KITCHEN (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) LOCAL, MOHAN BANDI, SAYING: "The situation arises when the nearby river overflows. This is the first time that such a situation has come up that floodwaters have entered our homes…where you are standing. Floods used to happen earlier but only areas next to it were affected. The water never entered our homes. Our situation is very grim. It has been four days. We are finding it very difficult to cook food and sleep. We are not getting any help either." VARIOUS OF STRANDED TRUCKS VARIOUS OF BARRICADES ON TOLL ROAD AS FLOODWATERS PASS THROUGH IT STRANDED DRIVERS AND COMMUTERS LOOKING ON POLICEMEN LOOKING ON STRANDED TRUCKS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) STRANDED COMMUTER, (NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "There is a lot of water over there so we have been waiting here for the past two-three hours. When the water recedes, then only I'll be able to get out." STRANDED AMBULANCES STRANDED VEHICLES AS DRIVERS LOOK ON VARIOUS OF DRIVERS SLEEPING ON TOLL ROAD STRANDED COMMUTERS SITTING
- Embargoed: 8th September 2022 08:05
- Keywords: India Madhya Pradesh Vidisha crops drinking water farmlands fields floods houses submerged traffic water
- Location: VIDISHA, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA
- City: VIDISHA, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA001GQT51LB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Floods triggered by incessant rains in central India has battered most of the region, destroying crops and paralysing normal life.
Farmlands, as well as, residential areas were seen submerged in floodwaters after incessant rains caused Betwa river to overflow in Vidisha city. Farmers said that almost all of their crops have been destroyed because of the heavy rainfall and hundreds of hectares of agricultural land, mainly wheat, is under water.
"We are all wheat farmers. Wheat is completely destroyed. Everyone is facing terrible losses in Billori village," said a villager, Ranjit Thakur.
Around 300 villages have been affected by floods. Villagers were seen swimming to reaach other villages to get essential items. More than 7,500 people from nine severely affected districts have been shifted to safer grounds.
Farming contributes around 15% to India's $2.7 trillion economy while sustaining more than half the population of 1.3 billion. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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