Heavy rain damages harvested paddy crop in Anantapur
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The harvested paddy crop was hit by the heavy rain on Friday in Anantapur district with farmers in Kannekal and D. Hirehal mandals getting affected due to inundation of the storage spaces in the open.
The usually dry river Vedavathi (also known as Hagari) that originates from the Western Ghats of Karnataka flows through Ballari district into Andhra Pradesh, witnessed inflows leading to inundation of farmers’ harvested crop in Kanekal Mandal. Farmers had to toil overnight and in the morning to retrieve the paddy that was kept ready for sale or for handing over at the procurement centre through the Civil Supplies Department from May 25.
The Left government had decided to extend free food kits to migrant workers also along with the state people considering their plight due to the pandemic and lockdown.
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