Bhubaneswar: The office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) on Sunday issued an advisory for farmers after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the regional meteorological centre issued ‘yellow’ warning for thunderstorm, hail and heavy rainfall in Odisha this week.
The advisory stressed on taking the following measures:
* Shift harvested paddy to safer place by Jan 10.
* Postpone sowing of Rabi pulses and oilseeds for a few days.
* As maximum groundnut, sown early, and mustard crop are at a flowering stage and the rainfall will be helpful for those crops, farmers are advised to stop irrigation activities in those crops from Jan 10.
* Make arrangements for covering with hailnet or plastic cover or polythene sheet for vegetables like onion, tomato, chilly, cauliflower, which are at seedling stage and also ensure proper drainage channels to drain out excess water in nursery as well as main field.
* Matured vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, bean, green pea, carrot and radish may be harvested within Jan 10 and shifted to safer places.
* Pause intercultural activities, fertilizer and pesticides applications as well as irrigation activities during rainfall.
The IMD has issued ‘yellow’ warning for these districts:
Jan 11: Thunderstorm accompanied by hail likely at one or two places over Bargarh, Balangir, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh and Deogarh.
Jan 12: Thunderstorm accompanied by hail and heavy rainfall likely at one or two places over Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Boudh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack and Nayagarh.
Jan 13: Heavy rainfall likely at one or two places over Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh and Kandhamal.
