Village-level assessment of drought

MADURAI: The district administration has initiated a village-level study to assess the impact of failure in crops due to inadequate rainfall.

Collector K. Veera Raghava Rao said teams comprising Village Administrative Officers, Agriculture Officers and revenue staff had been formed to conduct the study.

“Initially, we will shortlist a sample of around 10 per cent of the villages, which will be studied to get a broader idea of the impact. Later, the study will be expanded to all the villages,” he said.

Officials said since the State Government had decided to send committees to every district to study the drought situation, this prior assessment by the district would help in projecting the impact properly to the government.