HYDERABAD: As many as 102 mandals within the state of Andhra Pradesh won scanty rainfall and 377 poor pushing nine districts of Seemandhra into the intense drought scenario leading to crop failure in Kharif season 2018.
Ground verification by way of TOI in Kurnool and Anantapur districts published the parched fields, dried up cotton and Bengal gram, sunflower maize crops, migration, livestock fodder shortage, deserted tomato crops, a huge chunk of unsown space. Rabi is not any different and there is no sowing in lots of the six districts barring a few places where canal irrigation and borewell source to be had. While whole mandals of Anantapur are declared drought-hit, majority of the area in Kadapa, Kurnool, Chittoor(4 districts of Seema) and Prakasam and Nellore of South Coastal Andhra has witnessed scanty and poor rainfall.
During 2018-19 Andhra Pradesh at the side of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan have submitted Memorandums one after the other to the centre in search of assistance to mitigate drought from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF. Central teams visited AP from 5th to 9th of December.
Andhra Pradesh govt in its file submitted to centre stated that around nine districts are affected and 13.6 lakh hectares crop failed and state has sought Rs 1401 crore assistance. Andhra Pradesh has declared drought in 9 Districts covering 347 Mandals.
M Gopalakrishna of Macharam in Devanakonda Mandal in Kurnool district stated , "There are no rains this year. I got only one bag of ground yielded in Kharfi per acre usually the yield is 10 bags. The fooder has become too costly we have to spend around Rs 12,000 to Rs 14,000 on fodder per tractor load. I have debts of Rs 1 lakh with the banks".
Indian Meteorological Department Hyderabad Director YK Reddy informed TOI that Rayalaseema is going through poor rainfall and is a deficiency of -50 and above. Some of the mandals had proven scanty rainfalls above -70 in step with cent. Anantapur Mandal in Anantapur district, Gopavaram, Pulivendula in Kadapa, Duttalur in Nellore district, Machavaram in Guntur recorded the least rainfall. Prakasam district is the worst affected with Singarayakonda, Gudluru, Tanguturu, Ongole, Santanutalapadu, Kondapi, Ponnaluru, Korispadu and Chandrasehkarapuram recorded deviation of greater than -70 rainfall.
Somala Nayak, a tribal farmer of Marrimantanda in Kurnool says, "I cultivated 16 acres of land on tenancy including my land. I suffered Rs 2 lakh loss due to the crop failure". A farmer couple of Ch Siddiah and Urukundam in Tuggali sowed Bengal gram in two acres but they ended up in large losses and they are nonetheless harvesting the crop and anticipating one bag from every acre.
DV Krupadas leader working officer (AP Drought Mitigation undertaking) informed TOI, "This is the first year we are implementing the project and not much work has been done on the ground. We have formed all systems of drought resilience and during this year we advocate proactive irrigation systems. The project is funded by the International Fund for Agriculture development for a period of five years. The total funding Rs 528 crore and including the converged funds from the state and Central government sources make the total outlay to Rs 1042 crores. We are currently working in four Rayalaseema district and Prakasam in 315 villages. In Kurnool district we are working in 63 villages."
Ground verification by way of TOI in Kurnool and Anantapur districts published the parched fields, dried up cotton and Bengal gram, sunflower maize crops, migration, livestock fodder shortage, deserted tomato crops, a huge chunk of unsown space. Rabi is not any different and there is no sowing in lots of the six districts barring a few places where canal irrigation and borewell source to be had. While whole mandals of Anantapur are declared drought-hit, majority of the area in Kadapa, Kurnool, Chittoor(4 districts of Seema) and Prakasam and Nellore of South Coastal Andhra has witnessed scanty and poor rainfall.
During 2018-19 Andhra Pradesh at the side of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan have submitted Memorandums one after the other to the centre in search of assistance to mitigate drought from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF. Central teams visited AP from 5th to 9th of December.
Andhra Pradesh govt in its file submitted to centre stated that around nine districts are affected and 13.6 lakh hectares crop failed and state has sought Rs 1401 crore assistance. Andhra Pradesh has declared drought in 9 Districts covering 347 Mandals.
M Gopalakrishna of Macharam in Devanakonda Mandal in Kurnool district stated , "There are no rains this year. I got only one bag of ground yielded in Kharfi per acre usually the yield is 10 bags. The fooder has become too costly we have to spend around Rs 12,000 to Rs 14,000 on fodder per tractor load. I have debts of Rs 1 lakh with the banks".
Indian Meteorological Department Hyderabad Director YK Reddy informed TOI that Rayalaseema is going through poor rainfall and is a deficiency of -50 and above. Some of the mandals had proven scanty rainfalls above -70 in step with cent. Anantapur Mandal in Anantapur district, Gopavaram, Pulivendula in Kadapa, Duttalur in Nellore district, Machavaram in Guntur recorded the least rainfall. Prakasam district is the worst affected with Singarayakonda, Gudluru, Tanguturu, Ongole, Santanutalapadu, Kondapi, Ponnaluru, Korispadu and Chandrasehkarapuram recorded deviation of greater than -70 rainfall.
Somala Nayak, a tribal farmer of Marrimantanda in Kurnool says, "I cultivated 16 acres of land on tenancy including my land. I suffered Rs 2 lakh loss due to the crop failure". A farmer couple of Ch Siddiah and Urukundam in Tuggali sowed Bengal gram in two acres but they ended up in large losses and they are nonetheless harvesting the crop and anticipating one bag from every acre.
DV Krupadas leader working officer (AP Drought Mitigation undertaking) informed TOI, "This is the first year we are implementing the project and not much work has been done on the ground. We have formed all systems of drought resilience and during this year we advocate proactive irrigation systems. The project is funded by the International Fund for Agriculture development for a period of five years. The total funding Rs 528 crore and including the converged funds from the state and Central government sources make the total outlay to Rs 1042 crores. We are currently working in four Rayalaseema district and Prakasam in 315 villages. In Kurnool district we are working in 63 villages."
Drought hits nine districts in Andhra Pradesh
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