An irrigation round in the last week of March could have saved the wheat crop from wilting. But around mid-March, when day and night time temperatures spiked, the state had no power to irrigate the fields and there was no water in canals either. As a result, experts do not think wheat production will cross the 98 lakh tonne-mark this year. Last year, production was 111 lakh tonnes.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/one-missed-irrigation-cycle-spells-doom-wheat-yield-punjab
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-chandigarh
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wheat
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/canal-irrigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ferozepur-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sangrur-d
