Stormy days over: crops slowly rising above water

With let-up in rain on Thursday water started receding from inundated paddy fields in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur district.

In Tiruvarur, samba crop was inundated in 30,000 hectares. As there was no rain after Nilam crossed Chennai at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, crops are slowly rising above water. There may not be much damage as the transplanted seedlings could withstand water stagnation for a week. Samba has been taken up in 1.07 lakh hectares of which direct sowing has been applied in 60,000 hectares. In Thanjavur, inundation was only in 1,000 acres.