SIVASAGAR: Due to proactive role of Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner NM Hussain, the flood-ravaged farmers of the district could harvest a rich crop of rabi cultivation this year. In the areas where flood damaged the standing crops last year the DC directed farmers of Bokota, Ikarani, Khamon, Mahmora, Demow and Konwarpur region with seed and technical support, while the Irrigation Department was directed to revive the dead irrigation projects to irrigated a total of 525 hectares of crop land in the district. The Irrigation Department with its own recource irrigated another 255 hectares of land and helped the farmer to produce crops worth Rs 87 lakh this year.