IMPHAL, Nov 4: The Phungyar Area Farmer’s Welfare Association, Ukhrul district has appealed to the government to take up appropriate measures and necessary action to tackle the drought-like situation in the area.
According to a statement, nearly 60 percent of the entire paddy fields in Phungyar sub-division have remained barren this year due to scanty rainfall, because of which the farmers cannot undertake agricultural and horticultural activities.
It said majority of the people of the sub-division are dependent on agriculture and allied activities. As the entire paddy fields could not be tilled due to scanty rainfall, the farmers are on the brink of starvation, it added.