Water shortage forces Maharashtra farmer to destroy 12-acre banana crop

Nandurbar, Oct 29 (UNI) Severe water scarcity has pushed a farmer in Maharashtra's Nandurbar district into a major financial crisis, forcing him to destroy his standing banana crop spread across 12 acres after his borewell ran dry. Ramakant Patil, a farmer from Mama's Mohida area in Shahada taluka, used a tractor-mounted rotavator to destroy the nearly ready plantation after running out of water. Patil had invested around Rs 10 lakh in cultivating the crop and was expecting earnings of Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh. However, the water shortage dashed his hopes of a successful harvest, leaving him facing…