Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Apr 09 (ANI): The Irrigation and Flood Control Department in Srinagar have advised farmers not to plant paddy this year after the area failed to receive enough rain. Most of the streams in Kashmir have dried up and the water level has receded. The farmers now fear a drought stricken future. The Director Agriculture in Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi said,” The water level is very low this year due to dry winter in Kashmir but this is a initial stage of Paddy farming in Kashmir valley this is a season of paddy nursery on Kashmir and till full paddy session comes we have expected rains that will fulfill the water shortage.”
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