Standing paddy crops in 17,051 acres of land and harvested paddy crop in 3962 acres have been damaged due to rains on June 13 and 14 in Kalahandi district.

According to the report on crop damage due to rains submitted by the district administration to the Special Relief Commissioner, crop damage has been reported from 219 villages under the five blocks of Kalampur, Jaipatna, Junagarh Koksara and Dharamgarh. A total of paddy crop in 21,014 acres belonging to 10,437 farmers have been damaged.

Field to field assessment is underway and the report would be completed in a week.

On Sunday evening, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took stock of the situation through video conferencing with the District Collector.  

Apart from the preliminary damage assessment to the standing crops, the Civil Supply Corporation has asked Primary Agriculture Cooperative societies which are operating mandis(paddy purchase centres) to assess the damage to paddy stocked in them. Officials of the Civil Supply Corporation apprehend large-scale damage to paddy stocked in mandis.

Source:http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Over-20000-acres-of-paddy-crops-damaged-in-rains/2013/06/18/article1640322.ece