If the rains don’t stop

Arun Naik comes from a family of paddy farmers in Nerur village, Sindhudurg. While he no longer wishes to continue farming because of a lack of sustainable returns, he has worked hard to farm at least some portion of his land. But due to rains continuing even post-October, he was unable to harvest his rice crop until November (generally, paddy crops are harvested in August-September).