Besides this, 50,000 tonnes of paddy that was procured and stacked in an open stockyard of NaduCivil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) at Sannapram near Kumbakonam got drenched in the rain.
Farmers said about 1,000 acres of samba paddy crop ripe for harvest has been submerged in Orathanadu, Pattukottai, Peravurani and Thanjavur taluks.
Paddy procured during the kuruvai season from 350 direct procurement centers (DPCs) by TNCSC has been stored in five warehouses and 24 open stockyards. Of these, the paddy bags stacked at Sannapuram stockyard have been drenched in the rain.