{"id":278829,"date":"2026-03-01T00:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=278829"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:09:36","slug":"long-dry-spell-drying-up-bamboo-groves-fruit-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/long-dry-spell-drying-up-bamboo-groves-fruit-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Long dry spell drying up bamboo groves, fruit plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, 28 Feb:<\/strong> Bamboo groves, fruit plants, and grasses in riverbank areas are reportedly drying up due to lack of rainfall in East Siang and adjoining areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dry weather has also led to a decline in the underground water level, resulting in a water crisis in Pasighat and other areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, light and intermittent rain was witnessed in Pasighat and Ruksin areas in East Siang district, and Dhemaji and Jonai areas in Assam on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rain has moistened dusty roads in the region, giving some respite to people, who were suffering due to dusty environment caused by long dry spell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The region recorded deficit rainfall during the monsoon last year, severely affecting paddy cultivation in East Siang district and adjoining areas. The drought-like situation in Siang valley continued since autumn last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The weather situation in East Siang district and neighbouring areas remained unchanged till Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASIGHAT, 28 Feb: Bamboo groves, fruit plants, and grasses in riverbank areas are reportedly drying up due to lack of rainfall in East Siang and adjoining areas. Dry weather has also led to a decline in the underground water level, resulting in a water crisis in Pasighat and other areas. Meanwhile, light and intermittent rain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-278829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278847,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278829\/revisions\/278847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}