City gets moderate rain

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 26

Moderate showers on Sunday brought the much-required respite from the heat to the city residents perturbed at the scorching summer. The showers washed down the dust from the sky and green on the trees appeared more vibrant.

However, it brought troubles for workers at the Bhagatawala grain market as the rain did not give them time to shift the maize lying in plots to a safer place. The workers had a hard time saving the grains from being washed away by rainwater.

“The grains will now lose colour as they have got soaked in water. They need to be put up for drying in the sunlight for a few more days,” said a worker. However, for rice cultivators, the rain has come at a time when reports of pests feeding on the crop have started popping up. “The showers are always beneficial as they wash down the larvae and insects from the leaves and help in saving cost of pesticides,” said Balwant Singh, a farmer.