Agriculture and horticulture crops are under a sheet of floodwater in nearly 8,000 acres of the Godavari Agency and delta by July 31 (Monday). However, no casualty has been reported so far during the flood in the Godavari region of Andhra Pradesh.
In Eluru district, agricultural crops in more than 4,800 acres have been inundated District Agriculture Officer Y. Ramakrishna said that the enumeration of the crop loss began as the water began to recede on July 31 (Monday).
In the Godavari Delta in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, horticulture crops are the worst hit. According to an official release, crops in more than 2,800 acres have been damaged in 10 mandals in the detla. The crops belonging to 2,600 farmers have been damaged.
