Odisha govt asks collectors to send report of crop loss

The Odisha government today asked all the district collectors to send report of crop loss due to unseasonal rain within seven days, official sources said.
Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) B P Sethi has written a letter to all district collectors to send report of crop loss due to the unseasonal rain to the state government within November 25, the sources said.
Meanwhile, as the intensity of the low pressure induced rainfall declined across the state, state government officials today started visiting different areas to take stock of the crop situation, said the special relief commissioner.
The officials have been told to strictly adhere to the directions of the state government for assessment of crop damage, if any, due to rain, Sethi said.

The paddy cultivation in a number of districts in the coastal region have been severely affected due to unseasonal rain.
The IMD in its report to the state government informed that rain and thundershower likely to occur at one or two places over different parts of the state till November 23.
IMD sources said average rainfall of 7.5 mm was recorded today. The highest rainfall of 52.4 mm was recorded in Kendrapara followed by 31.3 mm in Jagatsinghpur, 17.9 mm in Jajpur, 16.2 mm in Dhenkanal, 14.8 mm in Bhadrak, 11.7 mm in Cuttack, 11.5 mm in Puri, 11.3 mm in Nayagarh and 11.2 mm in Keonjhar.

At least eight of the 30 districts of the state, did not receive any rainfall today.