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Planting paddy

Planting paddy
Farmers at a paddy field at Kathiatoli, 32 km from Nagaon, Assam on July 27, 2009. All 27 districts of the state have been declared as agricultural drought hit since there was 34 per cent less rainfall this year compared to the same period last year, Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said. Due to deficit rainfall during the monsoon period of June 1 to July 22, a total of 13 lakh hectare of cropland have been affected.
Camera: Canon EOS 350D
Copyright: Hemanta Kumar Nath
[Image uploaded on 3 August 2009 by Hemanta Kumar Nath.]
[First published: 3 August 2009 | Last updated: 3 August 2009.]
 
 
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The Northeast Vigil website ran from 1999 to 2009. It is not operated or maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments.

Parts of the old website, especially the extremely popular dams issue, have been resurrected. Other archived material will be uploaded here as and when I am able to salvage those. If at all.

— Subir Ghosh
The Northeast Vigil site is not operated/maintained anymore. It has been put up here solely for archival sentiments.