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Cotton crop on 37,000 hectares destroyed [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2011
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Cotton [3], Food Crops [4], Agriculture [5], Ferozepur (D) [6], Bhatinda (T) [7], Mansa [8], Compensation [9]
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