KOLHAPUR: The India Meteorological Department, Mumbai,
has issued a ‘yellow alert’ for Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and
Solapur districts of South Maharashtra for two days starting
Wednesday. Yellow alert means moderate to heavy rain in
isolated places accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning
and gusty winds.
This year, rainfall has been delayed with almost no sign of
showers in June. However, the rain raised hopes of farmers in
July when they carried out sowing activities. While some
crops are sprouting, some have gone into the advanced
stage of growth. In both the cases, the requirement of water
is more and, therefore, the farmers are eyeing for good spell
of rain to ensure the crops grow properly and yield good
harvest.
The early sown crops are now in the fruit-bearing stage.
Farmers having such crops are worried as they are already
facing infestation problem along with heavy rain and gust
winds in the last few weeks. The agriculture department has
issued an advisory to such farmers to ensure that their field
does not get waterlogged. They have also been advised to
make way to drain out excess water from their fields.
Meanwhile, cloudy skies were witnessed in Kolhapur city on Tuesday. The temperature had slightly increased in the afternoon. However, as the day progressed, dark clouds gathered in the sky on Tuesday evening, but there was no sign of rain.
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