Rain gives the relief from crop failure worries in Gujarat Home

In Gujarat just a month ago, lakhs of farmers across Gujarat were on the verge of losing their standing crop due to a prolonged dry spell. And recently five days of incessant rainfall has come as a saviour.

Agriculturists and Experts say that the wet spell at the fag end of monsoon will now help their kharif crops survive. This rainfall will recharge groundwater and watershed projects which will help save crops.

The rains have resulted in 80 big and small dams like in Saurashtra, overflowing, thereby easing water availability for irrigation even if monsoon retreats now.

Now some farmers won't need to pump out water from deep borewells. Saurashtra, which is one of the biggest producers of cotton and groundnut in the country, has received 88% of its average annual rainfall with 15% coming in just last five days. Groundnut has been sown in 94.60 % of the total sowing area of 13.69 lakh hectares, while cotton has been sown on entire 27.61 lakh hectares.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/