One missed irrigation cycle spells doom for wheat yield in Punjab

Punjab Farmers Commission consultant Dr P S Rangi said,“The crop in Punjab was doing quite well but one irrigation cycle,which the farmers could not provide to their crop in the last week of March,has done us in. It is not even the fault of farmers. They did not have the power to run their tubewells and even the canals were dry at that time.”

“The grain at this stage shrivelled and then there was no going back. The farmers,too,thought the crop had matured and they harvested it. This grain is lighter in weight. The final figure for wheat arrival in Punjab will be 2.5 lakh tonens plus or minus 100 lakh tonnes,” he said.

Preliminary reports suggest that districts like Sangrur,Ferozepur and Mansa are severely hit. These districts are a part of the extreme southwestern belt of Punjab and also at the tail end of the canal system of the state. Owing to their geographical situation,these districts are hotter than other districts in Punjab. Punjab Agriculture Director Balwinder Singh Sidhu said,“The hot weather has played a spoilsport. I see a fall of around three per cent to five per cent in the state. Farmers should be compensated by the Centre for this loss.

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