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A two-member Central squad connected Tuesday visited flood-affected villages successful Kamalapur taluk of Kalaburagi territory to measure harvest and infrastructure harm caused by dense rainfall successful August and September past twelvemonth and heard grievances of farmers.
The team, comprising Director, Oilseeds Development Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ponnuswamy and Under Secretary successful the Ministry of Rural Development Jayashree Kakkar, inspected damaged crops, roads and bridges successful Kinni Sadak, Dongargaon, Bhimanal and Kamalapur villages.
At Dongargaon village, the squad visited the tract of husbandman Abhishek wherever reddish gram grown connected 4.32 acres was wholly damaged.
The husbandman told the squad that helium had spent astir ₹30,000 per acre but incessant rainfall destroyed the crop, leaving negligible yield.
Deputy Commissioner B. Fauzia Tarannum said that the territory received above-normal rainfall, starring to wide harvest and infrastructure damage, including schools, wellness centres and anganwadis.
She said that alleviation has been provided arsenic per NDRF norms and further compensation, announced by the State authorities aft an aerial survey by the Chief Minister, has besides been disbursed.
Joint Director of Agriculture Department Samad Patel told the squad that reddish gram was cultivated implicit 7,892 hectares successful Kamalapur taluk alone. However, the taluk suffered astir 80% harvest loss. The precocious ungraded moisture made it hard for sowing the 2nd crop, worsening distress of farmers, Mr. Patel added.
The squad besides inspected an agriculture tract belonging to Mahadevappa B. Savar successful Kamalapur wherever reddish gram was damaged connected 6.19 acres. The distressed husbandman said helium invested ₹25,000-₹30,000 per acre but the rainfall washed distant the crop.
The squad besides inspected and reviewed damaged roads and a span betwixt Kinni Sadak and Dhor Jambaga colony successful the district.
Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Bhanwar Singh Meena and elder officials from the Revenue and Agriculture departments were present.
