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Jharkhand is inching towards a drought-like situation due to 45 per cent rain deficit, leading to around 85 per cent of the arable land in the state remaining fallow in the peak monsoon season, officials said. Kharif crops were sown in only 4.15 lakh hectares against the target of 28.27 lakh hectares till July 21 or only in 14.71 per cent of the arable land. In 2022, around 20.40 per cent of the arable land was cultivated till the corresponding date, according to official data.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has also expressed concern over the situation

Kharif crops were sown in only 4.15 lakh hectares

Kharif crops were sown in only 4.15 lakh hectares against the target of 28.27 lakh hectares till July 21 or only in 14.71 per cent of the arable land.

Jamshedpur: A farmer was trampled to death and two others injured by an adult wild elephant that had entered their villages located under the Rajnagar.