Yadgir district has received rainfall that is being considered to be helpful to farmers who have been eagerly waiting for several days now.
Earlier, farmers stopped sowing green gram in a majority of targeted areas and instead, started sowing cotton and red gram in a few parts of the district in the hope of good rainfall. But the dry spell which lasted till a few days ago kept the farmers worried. Now, hopes have begun to spring in them after a good spell of rainfall in the last 24 hours.
According to information provided by the Statistics Department, Shahapur taluk received 2.3 mm rainfall against a normal of 8.8 mm followed by Shorapur with 2.5 mm against 3.6 mm, Yadgir 4.3 mm against 7.8 mm, Gurmitkal 7.6 mm against 5.9 mm, Wadagera 2.2 mm against 9.3 mm and Hunsagi taluk with 1.9 mm against a normal of 2.6 mm rainfall.
