| Subhash Dagar of Sagarpur village claimed that the rains would be helpful in reviving nearly all the kharif crops, including sugarcane, paddy, bajra, jowar and pulses. |
| The cuisine of Vidarbha uses groundnuts, poppy seeds, jaggery, wheat, jowar, and bajra extensively. |
| He said cultivation of paddy and bajra would receive a boost from the rain and added that the rain would also do good to cotton and guar crops. |
| Indian agriculture is not just about wheat, rice and bajra or thuvar dal and moong. |
| He said the delay in monsoon had adversely affected all kharif crops, particularly bajra. |
| In view of the damage caused to the crops such as paddy, bajra etc, the government would declare drought so that relief could be extended to the affected farmers. |
