Deputy Commissioner M K Bhandari said a special team has been constituted to survey the area from where the administration has received reports of crop damages.
“We have sent a team headed by the tehsildar to inspect the affected areas. Once the team submits its report, we will take a decision,” said Bhandari.
According to the farmers, about 75 per cent of the paddy growing area is under threat. The high-yielding varieties of rice grown in the region include IET-1410, Ratna, Tawi (PC-19), Jaya and China-1039 or K-39. In Basmati, the varieties include Basmati 370, Ranbir Basmati and Saanwal Basmati.
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