Jammu, Sept. 3 -- The Union Government has directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to conduct a detailed survey and prepare a comprehensive report on the large-scale damage caused to agricultural land in the Jammu province following weeks of incessant rainfall. The directive comes amid growing concern over the devastation faced by farmers in both the plains and hilly regions of the division.
Officials said hundreds of hectares of farmland across Jammu, Samba, and Kathua districts have been severely affected. Vast stretches of paddy fields in the fertile plains-where rainfall is usually considered beneficial for the crop-have instead been waterlogged and destroyed due to the relentless downpour. The damage is not limited to paddy; mai...