Farmers advised to carry out spray

The Met Office has asked the farmers to step up carrying out prophylactic fungicidal sprays to safeguard vegetable crops from diseases. It also said that the farmers should also ensure field sanitation to protect standing crops from viral attacks. It said that wheat crop is at a maturity stage in different areas of the country, asking farmers to schedule irrigation keeping in view the weather conditions.
"Farmers in the lower half of the country especially those in central regions are advised to take up poultry rearing houses to maintain optimum room temperature and take care against the rapid changes in air temperature and relative humidity," the Met said.
It warned that the weeds cause a considerable yield loss to farmers every year and recommended them to remove the unneeded plants with manual practice or herbicides.
In the next 10 days: The Met said that mainly dry weather is expected in the most parts of Punjab with a light to moderate rainfall from Mar 28 to Mar 30. In Sindh, it said that mostly dry weather is expected.
Weather in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is likely to remain mainly cold and cloudy. Mainly cold and cloudy weather is also expected in the most parts of Balochistan with a light rainfall over the most places of the province from on Mar 23 and from Mar 25 to Mar 28. In Gilgit-Baltistan, widely cold and cloudy weather is expected in its most parts with a light to moderate rain/snowfall at scattered places till Mar 30. Weather in Kashmir is expected to be largely cold and cloudy with light to moderate rain and snowfall over Muzzaffarabad and Rawalakot Regions over the period.
In the next 12 hours: Cloudy weather is expected to prevail over the most of upcountry. However, rain-thunderstorm (with snowfall over the high mountains) is expected at scattered places of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir, while at isolated places of Quetta, Zhob, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, and Gujranwala Divisions and Islamabad. Dry weather is expected elsewhere in the country.