Sowing work of Kharif crop in Chhattisgarh has been stepped up and it has been sown in 26,02,000 hectares or 54 percent of the target area.
An official communication on Tuesday said that average rainfall so far was satisfactory in the state. It was 440.7 mm, which is 117 percent of the average rainfall in the past 10 years.
With this rainfall, sowing work for the Kharif crop has picked up. The maximum sowing is of paddy crop, which covers 21,87,000 hectares, it said.
A target of 48,20,000 hectares has been set for this Kharif season which includes sowing paddy in 33,61,000 hectares, the statement said.