Narinderjit Singh

Bitter cold damages 70 per cent of potato crop in Punjab

Bhatinda (Punjab), Feb 15:Bitter cold damages 70 per cent of potato crop in Punjab Cold wave conditions in Punjab have damaged most of the potato crop causing huge losses to farmers.

Potato producers of Bhatinda say that they have lost at least 70 per cent of their crop yield to severe cold and frost formation.

"With temperatures going down to minus two to three degrees in Punjab this year and due to the fog especially in our district, we are facing huge losses. The crops that we sowed in November are destroyed upto nearly 70 per cent," said Harcharan Singh, a farmer.