Rain brings cheer to farmers in Tarn Taran

Drizzling was reported from different parts of the district on Monday. While every section of society has welcomed rain, officials of the Health Department has alerted people to take special care of children and elderly persons who face respiratory problems.

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Mild rain started at about 5 in the morning and lasted till 9 am. Harpal Singh Pannu, Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO), said while Tarn Taran received 3mm rain, Patti subdivision areas got 2mm rain. Same amount of rain was reported from many other parts of the district.

The CAO said it was the first rain of the winter season, which will be beneficial for farmers as it will help increase yield of the wheat crop. The CAO said it will not only remove particles of dust and pollution from the environment, but will also mitigate the effect of frost that attacked the wheat crop a few days earlier.

The farmers will get relief as their crop will get rid of the pink warm disease, which was affecting wheat crop in certain parts of the district for the last few days.

Tejindpal Singh, a farmer of Rasulpur village, said rain washed the dust off crops as a result of which the fields of wheat were shining. He said rain is the best fodder for the wheat and vegetable crops. He said vegetable crops were affected by frost a few days back, but rain will have positive effect on these crops.

Gurpreet Singh, a farmer of Sabhra village and former member of the Zila Parishad, said rain will help increase milk production too as milch animals will get healthy fodder.

The Tarn Taran Civil Hospital Senior Medical Officer said mild rain is also beneficial for human beings, but elderly people and children need to be given proper attention and care to save them from intensified cold wave conditions. The SMO said elderly people and children must prefer to remain at home and stay warm. They need to wrap up warm to avoid being affected by cold, cough and respiratory problems.