Paharpur Village, UP:
Everyone had given up on the monsoon this year as a bad monsoon. But now, after almost three weeks of normal rain in the country, it may only be a late monsoon.
NDTV met some farmers in Uttar Pradesh two months ago, when drought stared them in the face. When we met them again this week, they had a happier tale to tell. The farmers are thanking God for the last three weeks of heavy showers
Two months ago, farmer Krishen Ashray was working at a construction site. His crops were dead, he was on the brink of starvation and was working as a daily-wage labourer.
Today, he and his wife are back on their small field, working, smiling. The rains have brought him back to farming.
''The rainfall has increased the water level in the canal. We can draw water with the pump. Even if it doesn't rain in the next two weeks, we can easily irrigate our fields, '' Ashray says.
The farmers have not only been able to save a sizeable chunk of their Kharif crop, but there is enough moisture both in the ground and the air for them to be able to plant their Rabi crop in the coming few months.
NDTV met some farmers in Uttar Pradesh two months ago, when drought stared them in the face. When we met them again this week, they had a happier tale to tell. The farmers are thanking God for the last three weeks of heavy showers
Two months ago, farmer Krishen Ashray was working at a construction site. His crops were dead, he was on the brink of starvation and was working as a daily-wage labourer.
Today, he and his wife are back on their small field, working, smiling. The rains have brought him back to farming.
''The rainfall has increased the water level in the canal. We can draw water with the pump. Even if it doesn't rain in the next two weeks, we can easily irrigate our fields, '' Ashray says.
The farmers have not only been able to save a sizeable chunk of their Kharif crop, but there is enough moisture both in the ground and the air for them to be able to plant their Rabi crop in the coming few months.
