date:Feb 28, 2020
. Strong winds with speeds of up to 40 km per hour resulted in damage to mango trees in several areas.
We are finished, said Amit Singh, a farmer of Badhauna village in Vaishali district. The rabi crop was our last hope for survival. Heavy rain in November, December and January destroyed our paddy crops.
Umesh Kumar Mandal, joint director (agriculture), said rain and hailstorms may have harmed the flowering pulses and oilseed crops and the fruiting crops to some extent. The government would su