Late November rain disrupts wheat sowing in Sialkot.

Byline: Abid Hussain Mehdi

SIALKOT -- Several farmers have been unable to sow the wheat crop on thousands of acres due to the unusual spell of heavy rains. In November, there was lots of rain in the district.

This situation has worried farmers.

They said that the rainwater standing in fields had made it impossible to plough up and sow wheat along the belt of River Chenab. Several thousands of acres of paddy crop had yet to be harvested due to the rain.

Progressive grower Chaudhry Tajammal Hussain said the season of wheat crops cultivation was over now, as there was no possibility for the wheat growers and farmers to sow the wheat yield in these fields.

He said the situation had also put wheat growers and farmers in a severe financial crisis. He said there would be a shortage of wheat yield in markets in the coming seasons which may impact the prices of the wheat yield.

Farmers along the River Chenab belt expressed grave concern over the miserable situation.

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