Farmers of Resam and Areigudi gram panchayats under Bheden block and Turunga village under Bargarh Block are a worried lot now as chakada worms have damaged paddy crops on hundreds of acres of land.
Different groups of farmers on Friday handed over memorandums to the district Collector demanding compensation against loss of crops. They showed paddy plants attacked by chakada works to the Collector.
They informed that no pesticide has worked to control the worms from ruining roots of the plants. The most of the families of the concern Panchayats depend on farming as their main source of livelihood.The farmers were a expecting a good crop this year as most of their lands are irrigated. They used various pesticides to kill the worms by incurring loans. But they have not got any success, said Subash Biswal, a farmer of Turunga village.