Paddy and vegetables on 20-25 hectares were destroyed after the wall of the left bank canal of the Bhatsa dam in Maharashtra's Thane district developed a breach, a revenue official said here on Thursday.

Water gushed into fields of 50 to 60 farmers of Avre village following the breach at around 5 am on Wednesday and damaged the crops, said Sahapur Tehsildar Nileema Suryavanshi citing an initial survey carried out by the revenue department.