Mumbai: The BMC is planning another cloud seeding experiment at the catchment area near Vihar lake to induce rains and address water scarcity in the city.

The efforts of the State to overcome the adverse impact of the drought-like situation have perhaps bearing fruits. About 88 per cent of the targeted 18 lakh hectares of sali paddy area of the State has so far been covered with seedling transplantation. It is expected that the State will at the most be able to cover 90 per cent of the targeted sali area by the end of the current month.

With the second round of showers starting in almost all the districts of south Gujarat, the hope of crop revival has been rekindled. Farmer community across Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch and Narmada districts of the region are happy that their crops of paddy and sugarcane will get a new lease of life.

Surinder Sud / August 27, 2009, 0:32 IST

Aug. 25: Bringing much-needed relief to the farmers, the Southwest monsoon has become vigorous over the Telangana region and active over the coastal region in Andhra Pradesh.
Several areas of Adilabad, Medak, Guntur and Krishna districts received around 8 cm rainfall, somewhat negating the effects of the drought-like conditions in the state.

Chhota Udepur (Vadodara): Drought or the fear of it may cause crop failure concern, price-rise of grains and other essential commodities and even create turmoil in political circles, but for thousands of villagers in Chhota Udepur taluka, it

Mumbai After meeting with success a fortnight ago, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir has said the state suffered Rs 406 crore losses in agriculture and Rs 100 crore in horticulture due to the continued dry spell and unfair weather.

Addressing a meeting of agriculture ministers in New Delhi, Mir said major kharif crops like maize, pulses, vegetables, paddy, oil seeds etc had suffered considerable loss.