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Vadamalli Farmers in Coimbatore Struggle as Dry Spell Imperils Crops

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Coimbatore, July 2 (IANS) A prolonged dry spell and the failure of seasonal rains have left Vadamalli farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district struggling to save their crop, with large stretches of flowering plants beginning to wither across Thondamuthur Block.Farmers in the region, who traditionally depend on rain-fed cultivation, say the absence of adequate summer showers followed by weak southwest monsoon rainfall has created an acute water shortage, severely affecting crops that were plan…