Cotton damaged in Abohar

Our Correspondent

Abohar, September 11

A large number of trees that fell on roads due to heavy rain disrupted traffic in Abohar subdivision on Saturday. After light showers during the past two days, urban and surrounding rural areas today faced incessant rain, that began at 11.30 am and continued till 2 pm.

Streets in many low-lying areas like Nanak Nagari, Jain Nagari, Chandigarh Mohalla, Thakur Abadi, Azeemgarh and Subhash Nagar got waterlogged. People found it difficult to move out. Construction work on the main roads was halted. Two-wheeler drivers had to face trouble due to the waterlogging.

Gurpreet Singh Pattisadiq, a farmer, said they hoped for a bumper cotton crop but were feeling anxious because of the damage today. Moong and guar crops would also face an adverse effect. The rain could, however, benefit fruit plants which had suffered due to soaring mercury in the past two months, he said.