The recently sown cotton crop on around 37,000 hectares in Ferozepur and Muktsar districts has been destroyed following a freak hailstorm and rain two days earlier.
Reports received here by the Agriculture Department indicate the newly sown cotton crop has been partially damaged in Bathinda and Mansa districts.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/cotton-crop-37000-hectares-destroyed
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cotton
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-crops
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ferozepur-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhatinda-t
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mansa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation