Shimla: The monsoon has finally arrived but the low offtake of fertilisers, particularly urea because of the prolonged dry spell, continues to be a matter of concern to the state.

The Himachal apples will not taste as they used to do in the best days of their harvests. And the fruit is also not expected to be available in abundance this time around.

This is perhaps the first visible adverse affect of the climate

Hamirpur: Widespread rain in Hamirpur district on Monday night and today morning brought an end to the long-dry spell in the area, thereby reviving hopes of farmers who can now expect good kharif season.

Pre-monsoon rain in this region has provided much desired water and moisture to standing crops which were almost on the verge of getting destroyed due to lack of rain.

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A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for hydrological data sharing between the government of Himachal Pradesh and various projects on different river basins in the state here today.

Kangra: Scorching heat has left people in Kangra valley in trauma and most of the natural water sources have dried up which include the centuries old Gupt Ganga also.

The current unprecedented heat wave conditions had never been experienced by the people earlier. Jagdesh Chand (96) said he had never witnessed such scorching heat in the valley earlier.

Dharamsala: The proposal of the Department of Fisheries to set up Rs 5-crore seed farm has evoked a lukewarm response from fish farmers of the state.

The farmers, when contacted by The Tribune, expressed apprehensions about the success of the project. They alleged that fish seed farm might end up as another white elephant of the government.