The unfortunate death of a young farmer in clashes with police on Wednesday is another instance indicating how the ad hoc administrative measures taken by the Union government to silence him and .
Uddhav Thackeray, who is on a visit to the drought-hit Ahmednagar district, was interacting with villagers and farmers of the Kakdi village while on his way to Sangmaner.
Untimely rains after mid-March have done to wheat this time what the heat wave during last March did to the 2021-22 crop. But extent of yield loss does not look as much for now.
Punjab and Haryana, the major producers of the wheat crop, witnessed 198 per cent and 234 per cent of surplus rain, respectively, from March 1 to April 2 against the normal.