--One dies, 3 injured in Ganjam
BHUBANESWAR: The continuous rain during
last two days in the southern part of the State due to the effect of the
cyclonic storm ‘Nilam’, created havoc in several places of the districts
including Ganjam and Raygada. Hundreds of acres of agricultural land having
standing crops have been submerged and washed away in the heavy flow of excess
water in the districts.
Though the cyclonic storm has
become weak, its effect later on created depression over Bay of
Bengal which yielded heavy rainfall in the coastal areas and some
other places of the State. Ganjam and Rayagada district are worst affected due
to the heavy rainfall.
The areas including Gobara, Jilundi,
Tanarada and Kusapalli under Bhanjanagar block of Ganjam district have seen
flood like situation as around 10,000 people were affected in the area. The
condition of the people in thatched houses was miserable as they were engulfed
with water in some villages of the block. The paddy fields were worst affected
due to heavy water flows on the field. Similarly, some other blocks like Aska
and Ganjam were also affected due to the heavy rainfall, sources said.
“We had high hope for a good
yield this year, but the untimely rain washed away our hope. The rotten paddy
would not serve our purpose, because that would not be purchased in a standard
rate and we could not refund our loans due to the loss,” said Pradip Swain of
Gobara area.
In Rayagada, most of the farmers
were prepared to harvest the ripen paddy, but the heavy rainfall washed out
their hopes for a good yield this year. The ripen paddy are rotting in the
fields under excess water.
On the other hand, officials of
the district administration have reached the areas to take stock of the flood
like situation in their areas. According to Bhanjanagar Sub-Collector Sudhansu
Samal, he has directed all the Revenue Inspectors, Tehsildars and BDOs to visit
the water logged areas and water affected areas to take stock of the situation.
Later they would assess the crop damage, said Samal.
Due to the effect of heavy
rainfall, one person died as a collapsed wall fell on the person in Sorada area
of Ganjam district, while three others were injured in Aska area of the same
district.
Members of the Samajwadi Party
State Committee on Sunday demanded relief to farmers of the districts affected
by the Nilam cyclonic storm which has destroyed standing crops, vegetables in
most of the southern districts of the State. Even crops in the districts of
Nayagarh, Khurda and Puri were also affected, said the mebers.
The rain as forecast by Met
department might be continued for another three days which would further damage
the standing crops and will create flood like situations in few places of the
State, said party president Rabi Behera, adding, “The administration must be
prompt to come forward to the rescue of affected farmers. The Government should
provide interest free loan, steps may be taken for free supply of seeds,
fertilizers, medicines and vegetable seeds to the cyclone-hit farmers.”
This is what we say, the hard rule of nature...government must take fruitful steps to get our farmers out of this critical juncture. As you have suggested, its in the very interest of our culture of agriculture, to exist. It has already put them in financial stress which may result in the extreme step, suicide. We have witnessed their exploitation by the micro finance companies. No more....save our feeders...what our hearts should speak up...........
ReplyDeleteYes Bro, our Govt you know very well how it deals with the farmers... they would give the crop insurance money to the land owners as they have the land patta, but the poor sharecroppers, who are the real beneficiaries, would live with Govt apathy. The RI would come to the village head and prepare the crop loss report sitting in his home or village community hall or he would prepare the report sitting in his office.
ReplyDeletethe funny thing you know, they would not even listen to the sharecroppers. They would take some money and forget the people. When the time will come to distribute compensation, the poor would ask the RI about his compensation money and the RI would scold the poor farmer that why he didn't submit his land patta, though he know he don't have land patta.
The owner of the land would enjoy the compensation money sitting at home and he also ask the share of damaged paddy from the sharecropper. The sharecropper, who had invested money for the paddy, would think about his migration from the village to another state in search of job.