Delta farmers anxious as standing paddy crop goes under water
The Hindu
Flood warning issued to people living downstream of Kottarai Marudaiyaru reservoir
Several parts of central region received widespread rain on Friday inundating low-lying areas and paddy fields across the Cauvery delta region.
Most parts of the region received moderate to heavy overnight rainfall. Nagapattinam town took the brunt of the fury recording 171.20 mm of rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m. on Friday. Heavy rain also lashed Thiruvaiyaru (122 mm), Budalur (100.40) and Thanjavur town (83) in Thanjavur district; Tiruvarur (103.3 mm) and Nannilam (94.2) in Tiruvarur district; Labbaikudikadu (109) and Agaram Segoor (100) and Perambalur (72) in Perambalur district; Avudaiyarkovil (79.40) in Pudukottai district and Thirumanur (70.8) in Ariyalur district.
The dry belt of Marungapuri (75.40) and Manapparai (57.40) in Tiruchi district and Aravakurichi (64.4) and Palaviduthi (51) in Karur district also received good rainfall during the same period.
Nearly 50% of Dakshina Kannada’s shoreline has been eroded, the highest among the three coastal districts of Karnataka, according to a study for the period 1990-2018 by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR).
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