Akola. District Magistrate Neema Arora has announced the final payment of Kharif crops this year in the district on December 31. According to him, the average final payment of Kharif crops of the district is 47 paise. Due to which the payment is less than 50 paise. For this reason, there is a real situation of being a shadow of the famine situation in the district.
This year, due to heavy rains and floods, the Kharif crops of the district were damaged on a large scale. Due to which there was a big reduction in the production of Kharif crops. Due to this the income of crops has also decreased. On this lines, according to the report received by the seven tehsildars of the district, in this year 2021-22, district magistrate Neema Arora has declared the final payment of Kharif crops.
According to it, in 990 sownable villages out of the total 1,012 villages of the district, the final payment of Kharif crops has come on an average of 47 paise or less than 50 paise. There is a picture of the spread of the shadow of the famine situation in the district as the final payment of Kharif crops of the district is less than 50 paise. 2021 This year itself has been painful for the farmers.
In the beginning there was no rain, due to which the crop did not grow. After taking out the loan and sowing again, the rain of return caused a lot of damage to agriculture. Farmers have been able to get compensation for the loss due to raising their voice on behalf of the public representatives. Due to which the farmers emphasized on Rabi season. Wheat, gram, onion crops have been sown on more than one and a half lakh hectares.
But nature snatched the morsel that came till date, due to which the farmer has become worried again. The farmers have had to ask the question of how to spend on girls and boys marriage, education expenses, illness. Taking stock of all the situation in the district, demand is being made by the farmers to declare famine in Akola district.
The final payout
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Tehsil-Village-Paisewari
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Akola-181 -47
Akot-185-48
Telhara-106-47
Balapur -103 -47
Patur -94 -48
Murtijapur-164 -48
Barshitakali-167-47
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The final payment of Kharif crops has been declared. Even then other criteria apply for the declaration of famine in the district. Due to which other things are also considered. Only after that a decision is likely to be taken on this matter. – Pvt. Sanjay Khadse, Resident Deputy District Magistrate, Akola.
Farmers have suffered huge losses in Kharif season. Many farmers have not yet been able to compensate for its loss. Farmers had hope from the Rabi crop. But the farmers’ dream has been shattered due to unseasonal rains two days ago. – Manoj Tayde, Convener, Shetkari Akola Jagar Manch.