Farmers concerned as farms submerged due to incessant rain
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, August 11 2020: The heavy downpour which started yesterday midnight have poured cold water to the efforts of the farmers in Keirao Bitra area and Yaipharok Maring Khun area in Imphal East with their crops being submerged under water.

The heavy rain caused flood like situation at Irallou Loukon (farmland) in Keirao Bitra area and Polangshabi Loukon near Yaipharok Maring Khun putting paddy cultivators, fish and poultry farmers in utmost distress.

Brojen, whose farm (fish and poultry) at Polangshabi Loukon submerge under water, told The Sangai Express that his farm covering an area of one and half pari (local land measurement unit) was safe and above the water level safe until 4 am but rapid inundation did not gave him much time and submerged his farm.

He lost around 9,000 fish weighing around one and half kg each and around 3,150 out of 3,500 chickens died due to the flash flood.

The floodlike situation at Keirao Bitra has submerged around 15 paris of farmland damaging crops.

The flood reportedly occurred due to inundation of water drained from Nongmaiching Hill Range.

When the water level of Iril river is low, the water from hill range is drained to Thongranbi Canal and runs through Langdum Khun before joining Iril River, says villagers of Keirao Bitra.

If the water inundation at the Loukon is not discharged/drained within one or two days, the crops will be rotten under the water, said the villagers with deep concern.

They had appealed to the Chief Minister when he visited Keirao Wangkhem earlier.

But no visible work has been done so far to address the issues, they said, urging the authorities concerned and the Chief Minister to take up necessary measures at the earliest.

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