Crops Damaged

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said a 'girdawari' has been ordered to assess the crop damage caused by hailstorms in order to compensate the affected farmers.

Farmers say 50 per cent of their crops were destroyed in the hailstorm that started on Friday.

At least 20 people have been killed in lightning strikes and crops damaged in several areas after unseasonal rains battered Gujarat on Sunday, officials said.

This phenomenon could also have an impact on the economy and agriculture production.

The 'rail roko' stir of Punjab farmers demanding compensation for crops damaged in the recent floods, a legal guarantee on MSP and a sweeping debt waiver entered its third day on Saturday.

Vegetable prices in India are set to stay higher for longer, as erratic monsoon rains delayed planting and damaged ripening crops, farmers and traders said.

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh'sLakhimpur Kheri used an unconventional method by donning bear costumes to frighten monkeys that damage their sugarcane crop.

Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Solan and Hamirpur districts and heavy rain in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu on Sunday killed two people, damaged crops, homes and vehicles, and washed away livestock.

Cyclone Biparjoy, expected to make landfall between Gujarat and Pakistan on Thursday, will have "extensive damaging potential," the met office has said. It can cause tidal waves in coastal areas and damage crops, houses, roads, power and phone lines.

The Centre today approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to create the world's largest grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector to reduce crop damages and prevent distress sales by farmers, besides strengthening the country's food security.

YSR Telangana Party chief YS Sharmila sent a truck loaded with damaged crops to Chief Minsiter KCR to draw his attention towards crop damage in several districts of Telangana.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said 10 per cent of the total compensation for crop damage due to any natural calamity will now go to farm labourers in the state.

Unseasonal rains and thunderstorms killed 10 persons in eight districts of Maharashtra's Marathwada region since April 25 and damaged crops of more than 14,000 farmers, officials said on Friday.

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said crops over one lakh acres have been damaged due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms in the state.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday visited rain-affected areas of Nashik district and reviewed the losses faced by farmers.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said a 'girdawari' has been ordered to assess the crop damage caused by hailstorms in order to compensate the affected farmers.

Farmers say 50 per cent of their crops were destroyed in the hailstorm that started on Friday.

At least 20 people have been killed in lightning strikes and crops damaged in several areas after unseasonal rains battered Gujarat on Sunday, officials said.

This phenomenon could also have an impact on the economy and agriculture production.

The 'rail roko' stir of Punjab farmers demanding compensation for crops damaged in the recent floods, a legal guarantee on MSP and a sweeping debt waiver entered its third day on Saturday.

Vegetable prices in India are set to stay higher for longer, as erratic monsoon rains delayed planting and damaged ripening crops, farmers and traders said.

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh'sLakhimpur Kheri used an unconventional method by donning bear costumes to frighten monkeys that damage their sugarcane crop.

Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Solan and Hamirpur districts and heavy rain in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu on Sunday killed two people, damaged crops, homes and vehicles, and washed away livestock.

Cyclone Biparjoy, expected to make landfall between Gujarat and Pakistan on Thursday, will have "extensive damaging potential," the met office has said. It can cause tidal waves in coastal areas and damage crops, houses, roads, power and phone lines.

The Centre today approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to create the world's largest grain storage capacity in the cooperative sector to reduce crop damages and prevent distress sales by farmers, besides strengthening the country's food security.

YSR Telangana Party chief YS Sharmila sent a truck loaded with damaged crops to Chief Minsiter KCR to draw his attention towards crop damage in several districts of Telangana.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said 10 per cent of the total compensation for crop damage due to any natural calamity will now go to farm labourers in the state.

Unseasonal rains and thunderstorms killed 10 persons in eight districts of Maharashtra's Marathwada region since April 25 and damaged crops of more than 14,000 farmers, officials said on Friday.

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said crops over one lakh acres have been damaged due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms in the state.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday visited rain-affected areas of Nashik district and reviewed the losses faced by farmers.