Crop damage reports have come from different States, including Punjab and Rajasthan, but it will take time to make an actual assessment once flood water recedes and heavy rainfall stops, a senior official said. The Centre is soon sending its inter-ministerial team to affected areas of Punjab as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the state on Tuesday, the official said.
There have been reports of crop damage from several states such as Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana, official sources said. However, compared to Punjab, the extent of damage in other states is not much of a concern from the point of view of national production, the sources said.
“Crop damage is a reality. Still, production of major crops is expected to be normal, except marginal drop in some where the areas are significantly less and those crops were also affected due to heavy rains and floods,” the official said.
