Mysuru, Mandya, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davengere and Dakshina Kannada are the districts that suffered the most crop loss.
The IMD has warned of heavy rainfall for the next three days, 31 August to 2 September. (Creative Commons)
Karnataka farmers have been badly affected by the heavy rains that have been lashing the state over the last week.
According to the official reports, major crop loss has been recorded in Mysuru, Mandya, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davengere and Dakshina Kannada districts.
State Revenue Minister R Ashok, on Thursday, 4 August, inspected the flood-affected areas of Mandya and said, “The monsoon has badly hit agricultural crops across the state. Loss of agricultural crops is over 18,400 hectares and for horticulture crops, it is in 4,500 hectares.”
Mandya Deputy Commissioner Aswathi S told South First, “Due to heavy rain, the crop loss reported between 30 July and 5 August is over 160 hectares of agricultural land and 52 hectares of horticulture production. Paddy and sugarcane were the most affected crops.”
Groundnuts, paddy have been worst affected in Chikkaballapur. (Supplied)
Meanwhile, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gowtham told South First, that the district alone has seen crop loss across 400 hectares of land and that it has severely affected at least 1,600 households.
Joint Director Agriculture of Dakshina Kannada district Seetha M told South First, “Paddy is the worst-hit crop during these rains. The total loss of paddy was over 227 hectares in the nine taluks in the district.”
The Department of Agriculture of Karnataka reported that sowing was done in 82.67 lakh hectares of land during Kharif season 2022, major crops, including paddy, sugarcane, vegetable, pulses and soya, have been lost during the rains.
Meanwhile, a farmer based in Bagepalli taluk of Chikkaballapur, Babu Zaheerbaig, told South First, “Groundnut and paddy have been the worst-hit crops in the region. Strong winds and heavy rain have submerged the crops causing us huge losses.”
The vegetable growers of the Mysuru district have also been at the receiving end of the rain’s fury.
Nagaraj, member of Vegetable Cultivators Association of Mysuru, told South First, “The continuous spells of rain have brought devastation for vegetable growers as the vegetables are rotting and lying in the submerged agricultural fields.”
Giving no respite to the distressed farmers, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), on Saturday, 6 August, predicted heavy spells of rain and thunderstorms for the next five days.
IMD Bengaluru has also issued a red alert for the six districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru.
Orange alerts have been issued for Chitradurga, Mysuru, Hassan, Davengere, Haveri, Belagavi, Gadag, Dharwad, Vijayapura and Kalaburgi.
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