Heavy rains hit soybean, urad crop in Madhya Pradesh

For lakhs of farmers in Madhya Pradesh, the rain in the last few days has washed away hopes of getting a good harvest

Lakhichand Sinam, of Sonee village in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh cultivated soybean in around 4 acres this year. After the monsoon revived in July, he expected a good harvest. However, the relentless and heavy rain that has been pounding several parts of MP for the past few days has dashed his hopes. “I’m now looking at big loss. Almost all the crop has been submerged and there is no let-up in rain,” Sinam said over telephone from Mandsaur. He said the rains could not have come at a worse time. Due to late sowing, the soybean crop was just