Rains bring cheer to farmers
Farmers hope that rainfall could benefit commercial crops
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-10-27 05:22 GMT
NIZAMABAD: The much awaited rains brought some cheer to the farmers in Nizamabad district as several parts of the district received mild rainfall on Sunday. The district has almost witnessed a dry spell in the past two months. It is believed that the rain could be useful for cotton and sugarcane crops. Though the power consumption, domestic sector in particular, decreased significantly due to prevailing cool weather, the Telangana state Transco officials continued the scheduled power cuts to both domestic and agriculture sectors.
“Power supply was snapped on Sunday too,” said Md Ayub, a shop owner in Nizamabad. Nizamabad district headquarters, Kamareddy, Armoor, Bodhan and Banswada received mild rainfall. The farmers are now busy with the agricultural works as they were worried due to continuous dry spell in the past two months. The farmers hope that rain could benefit commercial crops like cotton, sugarcane and vegetables in the district.
Speaking to this newspaper, assistant director of agriculture Md. Wajid Hussain said that the mild rainfall would protect the residual moisture content in the soil, which is benefit for Bengal gram, saffola flower crops in the ensuing rabi season. "Non command areas like Bichkunda, Madnoor, Jukkal will benefit with the mild rainfall" he said.
On other hand, the farmers are worrying about the forecast of heavy rain for next 24 hours in Nizamabad district. They brought the paddy, maize to the purchasing centres set up by IKP and other government agencies. If rain is heavy, the farmers would incur heavy losses in the district. To protect the agriculture produce from rain, they have already shifted bidding halls in agriculture market yard in Nizamabad.