Sowing of rabi crops improves in North; reservoir levels stay low in South

Sowing of rabi crops such as gram and mustard picked up pace during the week ended November 11 even as water levels in major reservoirs of southern India remained down.

Data shows that water levels in the 40-odd reservoirs of southern India as on November 9 was at 44 per cent of their live capacity at Full Reservoir Levels (FRL).

The same during the corresponding period of last year was at 89 percent while the 10-year average was at 76 percent of FRL.

Meanwhile, the sowing data showed that chana has planted in around 4.14 million