Nashik: Over the past few months, continuous, unseasonal, and excessive rainfall across the Nashik district has caused extensive damage to crops, plunging farmers into a severe financial crisis.

Against this backdrop, Nashik Lok Sabha MP Rajabhau Waje met Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan in New Delhi on Tuesday, October 28, urging the Centre to announce a complete loan waiver for all farmers affected by the unseasonal and excessive rains in the district.

During the meeting, MP Waje submitted a detailed report and memorandum to the minister. He explained that since May, heavy and erratic rains have devastated major crops such as onion, grapes, soybean, rice, maize, tomatoes, and vegetables. In many places, crops have been destroyed, leaving farmers

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