In Bagdua of Sheopur district, the fields got filled with water like this.
Highlights
Farmers demand- Arrangements should be made for drainage of water from the fields. The fields of farmers of Baroda region are filled with maximum water. Kharif sowing is done in 1 lakh 55 thousand hectares in Sheopur district.
Naiduniya representative, Sheopur. Due to the rain in Sheopur district for the last four-five days, the farmers’ fields have been flooded, due to which the fields have become ponds. The paddy crop submerged in water has started rotting. Due to this, farmers are worried about huge losses. Farmers have demanded the administration to drain out the water from the fields.
overflowing water in fields
Let us tell you that it has been raining continuously in the district since Thursday. It stops for a few hours and then starts again. Due to the rain, the fields are filled with water. There is no proper drainage system. In such a situation, their paddy crop has started rotting now, because it has been only a fortnight since the transplantation. The plant has not been able to recover completely and is now starting to rot.
Plants will have to be replanted
In such a situation, the affected farmers will now have to plant paddy plants again in their fields. If arrangements are not made to drain out the water from the fields soon, the plants will rot completely. The farmers whose fields are flooded due to heavy rains in the district have also demanded an assessment of the damage from the administration.
Paddy area increased
This time, the target of sowing Kharif crops in a total of 1 lakh 55 thousand hectares has been set across the district. This year the area for paddy has been fixed at 45 thousand hectares, but it has increased to 55 thousand hectares. Because the area for paddy is continuously increasing in the district. Earlier, due to lack of rain, the transplantation of paddy got delayed and when it rained and the farmers transplanted paddy, now the continuous rain has become a problem for them.
no water drainage
Due to continuous rain in the district, hundreds of bighas of paddy crop are flooded due to lack of drainage in Barkheda, Radhapur, Barodia Jinsi, Thikriya of Baroda region, Bagdua of Soikala region. The fields are overflowing like ponds. Apart from this, crops have been damaged due to waterlogging in sesame and millet fields in Karahal region.
Due to excessive rain, hundreds of acres of paddy crop is flooded, due to waterlogging in the fields, paddy crop is on the verge of destruction. Therefore, the administration should immediately make arrangements to drain out water from the farmers’ fields, otherwise the farmers will protest. -Radheshyam Meena, farmer, leader Sheopur