- Title: Unabating rains mar paddy fields in northern India
- Date: 10th October 2022
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (OCTOBER 10, 2022) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF FLOODED AGRICULTURAL FIELD DAMAGED CROPS (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) FARMER, SATYA PRAKASH, SAYING: "The untimely rains have damaged our crops. As you can see, all the agricultural fields are waterlogged. The crops have flattened due to the rains. Now all the fields are flooded." MORADABAD, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (OCTOBER 10, 2022) (ANI - No use India) LOCALS WADING THROUGH WATERLOGGED ALLEY VARIOUS OF VEHICLES COMMUTING ON A WATERLOGGED LANE MAN RIDING BICYCLE ON WATERLOGGED LANE WATERLOGGED FIELD (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) LOCAL, MOHAMMAD ATIF SHAMSI, SAYING: "A lot of areas are waterlogged. There is garbage on the streets. We are facing troubles in commute." DIBRUGARH, ASSAM, INDIA (OCTOBER 10, 2022) (ANI - No use India) SWOLLEN BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER VARIOUS OF TIDE GAGE MEASURING WATER-LEVEL
- Embargoed: 24th October 2022 13:17
- Keywords: Brahmaputra India agriculture crop damage farmers fields increase paddy rains river water level waterlogging weather
- Location: NEW DELHI/MORADABAD, UTTAR PRADESH/DIBRUGARH, ASSAM, INDIA
- City: NEW DELHI/MORADABAD, UTTAR PRADESH/DIBRUGARH, ASSAM, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Environment,Weather
- Reuters ID: LVA001GXLUX5B
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Heavy rainfall in parts of northern and western India in the last three days has damaged key summer-sown crops such as rice, soybean, cotton, pulses, and vegetables just before harvesting, adding to farmers' woes.
The entire paddy crop, which could have been harvested in a fortnight, has flattened owing to the untimely rains, said the farmers on Monday (October 10).
Meanwhile, incessant rains also forced schools to shut in several cities as an unusually late rainy season prolonged havoc across the country and killed 18 people over the past 24 hours.
The state-run Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said heavy rainfall was expected for the northwestern states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and parts of Rajasthan until Tuesday (October 11).
The rainy season usually draws to a close in northwest India from mid-September, and it should be ending across the country by mid-October.
Some environmentalists suspect climate change is behind the unusually wet weather.
The unforgiving weather has been a bane for big Indian cities in the past month, including the tech hub Bengaluru in southern India and the business district of Gurugram near New Delhi. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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