Standing crops flattened, threat to grain quality in Odisha

JAGATSINGHPUR: The untimely rainfall has caused significant damage to harvest-ready paddy crops in different areas of Jagatsinghpur district. The showers have flattened standing crops and left many fields inundated with water, raising concerns about the grain quality and total yield.

In Balikuda, Erasama, Naugaon, Kujang, Tirtol, Raghunathpur, Biridi and Jagatsinghpur blocks, farmers said the entire harvesting, drying and threshing process has been significantly disrupted due to the rains.

Mahadev Nayak, a farmer of Bhatana village in Naugaon, said stagnant water in the fields has increased the risk of the flattened paddy crops germinating. “I cultivated paddy in nearly two acre of land.