Farmers’ task force urges state to save ryots from dry spell

Yavatmal: The

Farmers Distress Management Task Force

has urged the state government to take immediate steps to save

farmers

facing

dry spell

coupled with the unprecedented financial crisis.

Task force chairman Kishore Tiwari, while expressing concern over rain deficit in Vidarbha and Marathawada regions, criticized the administration for its failure to address the agrarian crisis faced by farmers, leading to day-by-day spiralling cases of suicide.

The average rainfall has fallen 19% below normal and 23 districts in the state have been placed in red zone, he said.

According to the state data, he said, the highest percentage of rain deficit during the current monsoon season pegs at 47% in Parbhani district which is a little higher than 44% of the Amravati region. “The district like Yavatmal, Sangli and Aurangabad have recorded 40% below normal rain which causes great concern to the entire farming community,” he said.