Despite the heavy rains which wreaked havoc in the coastal Andhra region due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal, the agriculture produce market yard in Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district on Monday registered a record input of paddy.
According to agriculture officials, farmers brought 22,000 quintals of paddy on Monday, the largest volume on record since the establishment of the market yard in the region.
During normal days, the farmers bring paddy to the tune of 1 or 2 thousand quintals per day.
"This is the first time that the Agricultural Produce Market Committee has received such a huge volume of paddy from the region this season," agriculture officials said.
The officials were quick to allay any fear about the massive input by saying that the yard had sufficient space to store the paddy.
Miryalguda is famous for paddy farming, and it is listed among the top 5 paddy markets in Andhra Pradesh.
The town is also famous for the large number of rice mills which have been set up over the years.