Chennai: Farmers in Delta districts have urged the State government to reassess crop loss after the rain stops and announce revised compensation. They say that the continuing rain across the delta region has submerged more acres of paddy.
Crops over nearly 11,000 acres in the district have come under rainwater, said School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi. Inspecting the inundated areas in Thanjavur panchayat union, including Reddipalayam and Kattukkottai, on Sunday the Minister said about 500 acres in the panchayat union alone have been inundated.
In Trichy district, about 1,000 acres of paddy fields have been submerged as the Ariyaru developed a breach on its bund near Punganur. PWD authorities were working to set it right, officials said.
Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said Thanjavur district has received 60 per cent more rain this monsoon compared to 2015.