Chandigarh, Rain and hailstorms lashed a number of locations in Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday, elevating worries amongst wheat growers, who anticipated injury to their crop which was prepared for harvesting.
In Haryana, Hisar obtained a rainfall of seven.8 mm, whereas Rohtak, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Mahendragarh, Palwal and Sonipat witnessed 1 mm, 3 mm, 1 mm, 8 mm, 1.5 mm and 0.5 mm of rainfall respectively, in keeping with a report of the Meteorological Division right here.
There have been reviews of gusty winds and hailstorms lashing in Charkhi Dadri, Rewari and Hisar in Haryana and Ferozepur, Muktsar and Fazilka areas in Punjab.
Most temperatures in Ambala, Hisar, Karnal and Mahendragarh have been recorded at 33.9, 32.9, 33.2 and 28 levels Celsius respectively, in keeping with the report.
In neighbouring Punjab, Ferozepur and Fazilka noticed 7.5 mm and a pair of mm of rainfall.
Most temperatures in Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala stood at 30.4, 33.6 and 34.8 levels Celsius respectively.
Most temperatures in Fazilka settled at 33.1 diploma Celsius and in Ferozepur at 33.2 diploma Celsius.
Farmers in hailstorm-hit areas expressed concern that their standing crop would get broken.
Within the Malout space of Punjab’s Muktsar district, farmers identified that a number of agricultural fields in villages have been affected due to the antagonistic climate situations.
Farmers additionally mentioned that in some areas, the wheat crop obtained flattened attributable to sturdy winds.
Manjit Singh Rai, president of the Bharti Kisan Union , mentioned rain together with hailstorm and powerful winds at this stage might have an effect on the wheat crop yield.
He demanded from the state authorities to conduct a survey of the affected fields for the broken crops to present compensation to farmers.
The wheat procurement season is about to start from April 1. Punjab has been given goal of procuring 122 lakh metric tonne of wheat.
The MeT division on Tuesday night mentioned average thunderstorm and gusty winds together with rain are probably over components of Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula and adjoining areas.
The division additionally predicted thunderstorms, lightning with gusty winds at remoted locations in Punjab and Haryana on April 3 and 4.
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