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India - Central team assesses crop loss caused by cyclones

30.12.2020 145 views

An eight-member team from the Centre on Tuesday visited villages in Pudukottai and Mayiladuthurai districts to assess the damage caused to various crops by the recent cyclones and subsequent rains. The team will visit villages in Nagapattinam and Thanjavur on Wednesday.

The team comprising joint secretary at the ministry of home affairs, Ashutosh Agnihotri, director of oilseed development, Dr. Manokaran, regional officer at the ministry of road transport and highways, Rananjay Singh, deputy director at the ministry of finance, Amitkumar, assistant director at central electricity authority, Shubham Garg, assistant commissioner at the ministry of rural development, Mohit Ram, fisheries development commissioner, Dr. Paul Pandian, and director of central water commission, J Harsha, visited Pudukottai district on Tuesday. The team assessed the crop loss caused due to cyclone Burevi that struck in November. The team visited the paddy fields affected by rains triggered by the cyclone in Kathakuruchi, Nambukuzhi, and the maize fields at Thetchinapuram in Thiruvarankulam taluk in Pudukottai district. The team then moved to the Mayiladuthurai district and inspected the inundated paddy fields at Thirumayiladi and Nalladai. Source - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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