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Shivamogga MP B.Y. Raghavendra, raised issues concerning areca growers of Karnataka successful the Lok Sabha and sought the involution of the Union Government for the payment of the growers, peculiarly those successful the Malnad portion who suffered immense losses owed to diseases.
Raising the contented connected December 4 during Zero Hour, Mr. Raghavendra said that the output successful areca plantations had travel down drastically owed to the yellow-leaf illness (YLD) and leafage spot illness (LSD). The interaction of the diseases intensified owed to the dense rains this year, affecting the fiscal information of growers.
He highlighted the shortcomings successful the weather-based harvest security strategy owed to which the growers were denied rightful compensation for the losses successful the kharif play of 2024-25. “Nearly 50% of rainfall gauges successful the territory person remained defunct. The security appraisal was technically flawed owed to the deficiency of a strategy for close rainfall data,” helium stated.
He urged the Agriculture Ministry to intervene and nonstop the authorities of Karnataka to recalculate the compensation based connected information collected from the nearest functioning upwind station. He besides demanded a peculiar assistance bundle for the growers.
