About 10,000 hectare of paddy crop affected due to unseasonal rains in Odisha.

Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Maheswar Mohanty on Friday said paddy crop over 10,000 hectare of land has been affected due to unseasonal rains in the second week of December this year. Mohanty said unseasonal rain hit five coastal districts. But three districts – Puri, Jajpur and Jagatsinghpur have reported crop loss of 33 per cent or above. The minister said compensation will be disbursed among the affected farmers within a month. Collectors of five districts submitted reports on crop damage due to unseasonal rains. The collector of Cuttack and Kendrapara have reported that there was no crop damage in their districts on account of unseasonal rains.