Madhya Pradesh farmers threaten to go to court against Indian Meteorological Department

For misleading by making false predictions

False predictions caused economic losses to farmers, claiming that crops were also burnt

Bhopal: Farmers in the Malwa area of ​​Madhya Pradesh have threatened to go to court against the Indian Meteorological Department for misleading them by making false predictions. The farmers claimed that they could not sow the crop at the right time due to erroneous forecast made by the meteorological department, or their crops were burnt due to non-receipt of rain as per the forecast after sowing the crop.

However, a scientist from the Indian Meteorological Department said that contrary to what the Indian Meteorological Department had predicted about the monsoon, an early monsoon was forecast by a private weather forecasting agency, which led farmers astray. He further blamed the farmers and said that they should get all the details about the weather before sowing the crop.

"Most of the forecasts made by the Indian government's meteorological department have gone wrong, which has caused us huge losses," Bharat Singh Bais, spokesperson for the Indian Farmers' Union's Malwa region, told PTI on Wednesday. Singh also said that he was seriously considering going to court against the meteorological department for misjudging the weather and the consequent damage to farmers and a decision would be taken soon.

Singh, a leader of Ujjain-based farmers, said that when the meteorological department predicted the onset of monsoon, farmers started preparing to sow crops in the fields, but the false forecast caused economic losses to the farmers and also burnt their crops. He added that 300 to 400 hectares of land in Ujjain region alone was lying fallow due to miscalculation by the meteorological department.

Under these circumstances, farmers can no longer rely on the meteorological department's forecast, he said, adding that the weather forecasts made by the meteorological department of many countries, including the United States, are very accurate and farmers can prepare for harvesting based on them.