Gale destroys standing plantain crop in Theni and Dindigul districts: farmer, two milch animals killed near Andipatti

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Banana trees that were damaged owed  to beardown  upwind   and rainfall  astatine  Kombai adjacent   Vellode successful  Dindigul territory  connected  Friday.

Banana trees that were damaged owed to beardown upwind and rainfall astatine Kombai adjacent Vellode successful Dindigul territory connected Friday. | Photo Credit: KARTHIKEYAN G

Sudden rainfall and beardown winds successful galore parts of Theni and Palani successful Dindigul territory connected Thursday nighttime destroyed lasting crops of plantain and paddy, which were acceptable for harvest successful a fewer days.

Shocked implicit the loss, farmers Kasi, Thangavel, Rajaram and Peria Irulan of Anaikaraipatti and Asaripatti successful Theni territory said that they had raised plantain (sevvazhai variety). “We were waiting for harvest aft cultivating it for astir 11 months. All of a sudden, implicit 3,500 plantains person fallen. All our efforts and wealth has gone waste,” they said.

Published - May 01, 2026 06:58 p.m. IST

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