Karnataka - Mangalore   

Rains revive hopes of farmers on kharif crop

Special Correspondent

MANGALORE: With the monsoon active after a month-long lull, hopes of good kharif have been revived. Agricultural activities picked up on Monday.

Most of July, farmers did not take to the fields in many parts of the district as the monsoon played truant. But according to official sources, during the rainfall for the second half of the month was above normal. Farmers in the higher altitude areas, who were dejected at the prospects of lifting water for irrigating their lands, are hopeful of good crop.

Anand Shetty, a progressive farmer of Vamadapadavu, said the groundwater level has gone up.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Teachers to put in extra effort to popularise physics
Anti-tobacco cell essential for city
His untiring efforts bore fruit
Live up to community's image, Bunt youth told
`41 died of AIDS in five months'
Rains revive hopes of farmers on kharif crop
Show of support
In Mangalore Today

Copyright © 2005, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu