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Earlier, the Maharashtra Chief Minister inspected the paddy crop damaged due to unseasonal rain at Tarsa in Nagpur district.

Chief Minister Shinde was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde.

Besides Mauda taluka, large-scale damage has also been reported in Ramtek Parshivani taluka. In Nagpur district, nearly 124 villages have been affected by continuous rainfall, and 852 hectares of crops have been damaged.

On November 27, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule asked the Maharashtra government to help the farmers after unwanted rains damaged crops across the state.

"Maharashtra is facing a difficult turn. A lot of damage has been caused by untimely rains. Everyone should start to work with sensitivity for the state and farmers...

I want to request the Maharashtra government to immediately call a team from Delhi, and all of this should be inspected," Ms. Sule said.

"The central government should soon give more funds to Maharashtra. Wherever farmers have suffered losses, loans should be waived off. I and the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) will present this issue in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha," she added.

Last week, heavy rains damaged crops, including grapes, onions, tomatoes, sugarcane, and leafy vegetables in the Nashik district of Maharashtra.