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AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
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FLOODS
Following is a brief account of floods that occurred in the district during the last few years. The district experienced heavy floods in September, 1959 and July 1961. The floods which occurred in 1959 affected 4,010 persons in the district as against 629 families in 1961. An area of
37,181 acres with standing crops was washed away in 1961. The local committees arranged for shelter, food and clothes to the affected people. In addition, Rs.
34,960 were distributed among 4,010 persons in 1959 as against Rs. 3,489 in 1961. Tagai and other loans also contributed to the relief works and accounted for Rs. 14,87,065 and Rs. 29,500 in 1959 and 1961, respectively.
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