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Unseasonal rains destroyed crops on 13,729 ha in 8 districts: Fadnavis

Recent unseasonal rains damaged standing crops on 13,729 hectares in 8 districts of Maharashtra and orders have been issued to provide immediate relief, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the state assembly on Wednesday. He said the untimely showers affected crops like mango, wheat and harbhara' (Bengal gram). Orders to release immediate relief and financial assistance have been issued, said Fadnavis. Maximum damage has been reported from Palghar, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Dhule, Buldhana and Washim districts, he said. A decision on immediate relief was taken on Tuesday night based on preliminary information and the exact extent of damage is being ascertained, he said. On Tuesday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's office said that he had spoken with the chief secretary and a few district collectors about the damage to crops. He had also instructed revenue officials to conduct the damage assessment survey of the affected areas, his office had said. On Wednesda

Unseasonal rain likely to hit parts of Gujarat due to low depression: IMD

The Met Department has forecast unseasonal rain in some parts of Gujarat on Thursday and Friday due to a low depression developed over the East Central and adjoining South East Arabian Sea

Unseasonal rain, crop losses could keep India's food inflation high

Economists say annual headline inflation will likely start easing from September's 7.41% peak but price pressures on grains, vegetable, and milk will persist

Low pressure area likely over Bay of Bengal in 24 hrs, says IMD

A Low Pressure Area is likely to form, the India Meteorologial Department said on Wednesday and forecast rainfall in different parts of the southern states for the next five days

Adverse weather conditions, lockdown to hit output of Rabi crops: Report

The production of cereals, pulses and oilseeds is estimated to decline by 1.95 per cent, 2.22 per cent and 13.48 per cent, respectively, in 2019-20 compared to last year, according to the report.

Unseasonal rains might return around month-end

Unseasonal rains might make a return over the hills and plains of northern India in the next one-two days, but there intensity might not be very severe to cause any big damage to standing late-sown wheat and mustard crop.According to meteorologists, there would be some showers over Punjab, Haryana, west UP, Delhi, parts of Madhya Pradesh and even Maharashtra in the next 24-48 hours, which will pull down the temperatures by two-three degrees.However, its intensity might not be very great to cause any extensive damage to the standing crop."I don't expect the intensity of showers to be very great in the plains, but in the hills the rains would be good," G P Sharma, vice president of private weather forecaster Skymet said.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its weekly forecast said that rains and hailstorm might return by the end of March and the first week of April."Fresh western disturbance as an upper air system is very likely to affect western Himalayan region from March 30 on