Heavy rainfall has led to floods in several districts of the state, putting the rice crop in West Bengal in jeopardy.
Although the state was hopeful of reaching record production in 2011-12 backed by good rainfall in the first half of the monsoon, prolonged rain has inundated vast areas in several districts of south and north Bengal.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/floods-hit-rice-crop-west-bengal
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rohit-khanna
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/howrah-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medinipur-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kangsabati
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
