‘Crops in Delta won’t submerge during northeast monsoon’

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday said samba crops in the Delta region would not submerge in water during the northeast monsoon as the preparation [to prevent it] had started much earlier. It said since Mettur dam was opened on June 12 and desilting works were carried out, water had reached the tail-end areas. Water will recede quickly during the monsoon because of the desilting works. A release said as the groundwater level was increasing, there was a possibility of cultivating summer crops.