Fields wear a barren look

Buffaloes grazing in  deserted agriculture fields in Mamada mandal 

Goats, sheep and cows and buffaloes have become victims of the severe drought experienced in the district. Cattle grazers are taking the cattle to distant areas in search of green pasture and water.

Agriculture fields have turned into barren lands with no water and no one cultivating them. Officials have failed to provide fodder to the cattle. 

Agriculture lands wore deserted in Nirmal Assembly constituency and the cultivation of crops has become horrible even in the areas known for irrigation under canals for a long time.

Some of the cattle collapse and succumb to the high temperatures while in search of food and water and cattle grazers falling prey to the high temperatures in the process.

The canals are dried up and covered with bushes, indicating the extent of the farming community got affected with drought in Nirmal division.

One can hardly find water in the cement tubs constructed along the roadside in the villages for cattle to quench their thirst and this situation is attributed to the shortage of drinking water.

Villages in Mamada mandal were well known for agriculture and commercial crop like turmeric and maize, paddy but it is difficult for find crops in the agriculture fields.

Most of the small and marginal farmers had left their lands without cultivation. The area of paddy cultivation was not even crossed 1,000 hectares this Rabi season and this shows that gravity of the drought and water shortage.