Rain, hailstorm damage crops in Uttar Pradesh, rain-related incidents kill 28 in the state
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of the state, asked all district magistrates to assess the damage to standing crops, cattle and directed them to provide immediate relief to the affected people
Gaon Connection
| Updated: March 14th, 2020
Untimely rains accompanied by hailstorm and strong winds lashed several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Friday causing widespread damage to standing crops of wheat and mustard.
Districts like Pilibhit, Sitapur, Chandauli, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Bijnor and Jaunpur were severely affected by inclement weather conditions.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked all district magistrates to assess the damage to crops, cattle and directed them to provide immediate relief to the affected people.
As per the reports, a total of 28 people, including women and children, were killed in various rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours.
Those killed included six each in Sitapur and Lakhimpur Kheri, three each in Jaunpur and Barabanki, two in Sonbhadra and one each in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Siddharth Nagar, Ayodhya, Chandauli, Kanpur Dehat, Mirzapur and Balrampur.
As per the reports, a total of 28 people, including women and children, were killed in various rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours
This is how a farm looked after the hailstorm. Location: Gondlamau block, Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. This picture was sent to us by a farmer
Damaged cauliflower crop post hailstorm in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district
The Rabi crop has suffered maximum damage because of March rain. Pic: Arvind Shukla
A dejected farmer from Lalitpur district in Bundelkhand. The hailstorm of Thursday has damaged many oilseed and pulses farms in the region. Pic: Arvind Singh Parmar
A farm full of hailstones
The freak weather was caused by western disturbances. Heavy rain uprooted many trees. Pic: Mithilesh Dhar Dubey
These school kids in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district went about collecting hailstones. Pic: Bhim Kumar
A damaged potato crop in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district. Pic: Virendra Singh, Deepak Singh
This farmer from Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district came to his field the night after the hailstorm to take a look at his damaged wheat crop. Pic: Arvind Shukla
Farmers in Haryana show their damaged mustard field
The rain and hailstorm have caused maximum damage to the Rabi crop. The farmers now don’t have any option but to wait for the next cycle
District magistrate Dr Adarsh Singh assessing the damage caused due to unseasonal rain in Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh
A damaged tomato crop in a filed in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh
