Question

Monsoon a boon for farmers

Answer 1

The coming of the monsoons signals a relief from the scorching summer heat. Holding the hands of the summer comes the monsoons. The monsoon season starts mid June and continues till September. Dark and gloomy skies are a common sight during the monsoons, which only signify the much awaited rainfall. Though the rains disrupts our daily schedule and causes inconveniences at times, the monsoon season is always welcome.

At the onstart of the monsoons, people are seen to excavate their umbrellas, raincoats and gumboots. Students are seen scurrying to school with the colourful raincoats and umbrellas and seem very excited at times to have a shower in the rain. Office goers are seen hurrying to office to be able to reach on time. Sometimes when there is very heavy rainfall, life comes to a standstill during the monsoons season. Traffic jams, flooded lanes and bylanes, people and children waddling in the floods are a common sight in the monsoon season. Sometimes it is beautiful to watch children floating paper boats in the flooded waters. Most of all, a 'rainy day' holiday is always welcome in this season.

The monsoon season is a blessing for the farmers across the country as well as for agriculture. Farmers across the country await the monsoons as the monsoons rains are very important for the growth of crops. During the monsoon the fields, crops, trees and plants come alive. The whole of nature comes to life in a 'sea of green' during the monsoons. It is vital that the rains come in time or else delayed monsoons may cause drought; and farming also gets affected. Despite modern methods of farming, the monsoon rains are a reservoir for the farmers and his fields, which inturn is the source of our sustenance. A variety of plants, vegetables and crops grow in the monsoons. Beautiful flowers also blossom in this time. Dry rivers are filled by the rains that are a source of water for many across the country.