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Rains hit farmers in Tamil Nadu [1]

After a remarkable season last year, the errant, but incessant, showers brought in by the northeast monsoon have this time inundated about a fourth of Tamil Nadu's rice bowl, besides causing loss of lives, livelihood and material.

The downstream areas of Cauvery Delta region, especially in and around Nagapattinam, have been marooned by the recent spate of rains that became stronger in the last

Publication Date: 
30/11/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Cauvery [3], Rainfall [4], Natural Disasters [5], Tamil Nadu [6], Nagapattinam (D) [7], Agriculture [8]
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