Siddaramaiah urges Karnataka Government to conduct survey on crop loss
The Hindu
Says Agriculture Department has not accounted for impact of rains in November
As Karnataka has been continuously receiving rains for the last one month, particularly while harvest of crops is in progress, Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah urged the State Government to conduct a survey on damage to crops for providing relief to farmers.
In a letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, the Congress leader said farmers had sown seeds on 78 lakh hectares during the kharif season in 2021. According to the Agriculture Department, standing crops on 11.22 lakh hectares were damaged by the end of October. But the department has not updated the damage to crops in the more recent rains in November, he said.
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