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Continuous summertime rainfall implicit the past 3 days successful Nagapattinam territory has affected fabric cultivation successful parts of Thirumarugal union, with rainwater stagnating successful fields and raising concerns among farmers implicit imaginable harvest damage.
Rainfall was reported from midnight crossed Thirumarugal, Alathur, Eravancheri, Marungur, Neikuppai, Thirukannapuram, Ambal, Polagam and surrounding areas successful the union. Several parts of the territory person been receiving wide summertime showers for the past 3 days.
Farmers successful Thirumarugal national person cultivated fabric extensively arsenic a summertime crop. The harvest is presently successful the flowering and boll enactment stage. However, galore farmers are yet to transportation retired earthing-up operations successful the fields. With continuous rainfall, rainwater has stagnated betwixt the fabric plants successful respective fields, affecting harvest growth, farmers said.
“Flowers that had bloomed connected the fabric plants are falling owed to the rain. This whitethorn pb to a sizeable driblet successful yield,” said R. Shiva, a fabric farmer. P. Kathir, different fabric farmer, said prolonged h2o stagnation could pb to basal rot successful the harvest and origin dense losses to cultivators. “If the rainfall continues, farmers volition beryllium severely affected,” helium said.
