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Paddy plants being rendered bare following a massive hailstorm in Leshemi village in Phek district.[/caption]
Dimapur, Nov. 7 (EMN): Unprecedented massive hailstorm at Leshemi village under Pfutsero sub-division in Phek district on November 3 has left a trail of destruction wherein numerous standing crops were damaged worth several lakhs of rupees.
On hearing the news, the Kalos Society Pfutsero visited the village and had an interaction with the village leaders. As per the information, the damage was so severe that it was beyond imagination. The village council chairman, Wezhiepe Sara, informed that it was the worst natural disaster ever happened in the village history.
The unfortunate catastrophe occurred at the peak time when every paddy was ready to be harvested thereby incurring heavy loss to the farmers. In some areas, nothing was left except the straw without a grain. Some individual cultivators lost more than 46 bags of paddy. The worst affected areas were at Lezhe, Kaphe and Tekhwe.
The chairman also informed the disaster had affected more than 100 households. The cost of damage was estimated to be in terms of several lakhs.
The Kalos Society was saddened over the unfortunate incident. It has cost heavily to the cultivators who mostly depended on the petty stocks of paddy for their livelihood.
“Their hard labour which they have been struggling through toil and sweat has being unfortunately destroyed by that disastrous natural calamity,” the Society press release stated and shared solidarity with the poor cultivators in their hour of loss.
The Society has appealed to the concerned authority to look into the matter and make necessary relief arrangements on the humanitarian ground to facilitate the needs of the poor cultivators. It further requested the concerned citizens to pray and support the poor cultivators during their hour of agony and loss.