Crops worth Rs 365 crore washed away in Jammu floods

Floods in Jammu region has washed away crops worth Rs 365 crore and 13,000 hectares of cultivable land. This grim picture has emerged from the agriculture sector since the flood water has started receding. While the Maize crop suffered Rs 248 crore damage, rice/paddy crops suffered a loss of Rs 48 crore followed by Rs 40 crore loss to vegetable crops besides damage to pulses and saffron.

The loss caused to crops and farm lands has been assessed by the Department of Agriculture. It will now be the biggest challenge for the government to ensure protections to farm lands and later reclaiming these lands for use in agriculture activities.

Further, many pump-sets and cattle sheds have also been damaged and washed away due to the flood waters besides irrigation channels.