The searing heat in the region has impacted the vegetable farmers who see a decline in yield besides withering of new crops in the absence of adequate moisture and water.
As a result vegetable prices have also increased but farmers do not benefit as it is the middle men who corner bulk of the benefits.
“Vegetable cultivation has taken a hit as no water is being released through the canals while the yield from the borewells is also less as the groundwater table has plummeted,” said Mr. Nagaraj, a vegetable farmer and member of a farmers’ producers cooperative called Raitha Mitra.
