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After an aerial survey of flood-hit areas successful Kalyana Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Tuesday announced that the State authorities would supply an further ₹8,500 per hectare implicit and supra the Union government’s harvest nonaccomplishment compensation nether NDRF norms, crossed each 3 harvest categories – rainfed, irrigated, and perennial.
He made the announcement astatine a media league successful Kalaburagi aft an aerial survey of Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Bidar, and Yadgir districts and chairing a reappraisal gathering with people’s representatives and elder officials from the affected districts. These districts person been seeing aggravated flooding implicit the past fewer days.
“As per NDRF norms, rainfed, irrigated, and perennial crops are entitled to ₹8,500, ₹17,000, and ₹22,500 per hectare, respectively. The State authorities volition adhd ₹8,500 crossed the board, raising compensation to ₹17,000 for rainfed, ₹25,500 for irrigated, and ₹31,000 for perennial crops,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
Extent of damage
The Chief Minister said that implicit 9.6 lakh hectares of crops person been damaged crossed the State, of which 9.03 lakh hectares were successful conscionable 8 bluish districts – Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Yadgir, Bidar, Bagalkot, Belagavi, Raichur, and Gadag – accounting for 95% of the State’s full loss.
“As per preliminary estimates, astir 10 lakh hectares of lasting crops person been affected. But we person managed to survey lone astir 50% truthful far. With fields inactive waterlogged and ungraded excessively wet, the last figures whitethorn spell up erstwhile the h2o recedes,” helium said.
The flooding has claimed 52 quality lives and 422 cattle, isolated from afloat damaging 547 houses. “We person already released compensation for quality casualties. Relief for 407 cattle deaths has besides been paid. In all, 80 alleviation centres person been acceptable up, lodging much than 10,500 people,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
Rainfall excess
Between June 1 and September 29, Karnataka recorded 879 mm of rainfall – 4% supra normal. But the surge was overmuch higher successful bluish districts: Vijayapura 615 mm (+58%), Kalaburagi 768 mm (+34%), Yadgir 659 mm (+29%), and Bidar 750 mm (+16%).
“This year, North Karnataka has seen rainfall levels not witnessed successful galore years. Coupled with the monolithic inflows from Maharashtra’s reservoirs, it has created 1 of the worst flood disasters successful caller memory,” Mr. Siddaramaiah observed.
Stressing the Centre’s relation successful catastrophe response, helium said his authorities would taxable a memorandum seeking further funds. “I volition nonstop a delegation to conscionable the Prime Minister and Union Ministers of Home, Finance and Agriculture to request much funds for flood relief.”
Aerial survey
Earlier successful the day, the Chief Minister, accompanied by Ministers M.B. Patil, Krishna Byre Gowda, and Priyank Kharge, undertook the aerial survey of flood-affected areas. The archetypal circular focused connected villages successful Kalaburagi and Vijayapura, followed by Bidar and Yadgir successful the second.
After the aerial inspection, the Chief Minister held a elaborate reappraisal with elected representatives and elder officers. He noted that harvest losses had occurred successful 2 phases – successful August and aboriginal successful September – and insisted connected a single-phase compensation drive.
“If alleviation is released separately, disorder and resentment whitethorn originate among farmers. It is amended to decorativeness the technological survey erstwhile waters recede and supply compensation to each affected farmers together,” helium said.
