The central study team, which visited Dharwad district on Sunday to assess the damage to crops and property due to floods, welcomed the sad faces of farmers and damaged standing crops.
Dharwad: The central study team, which visited Dharwad district on Sunday to assess the damage to crops and property due to floods, welcomed the grim faces of farmers and damaged standing crops.
The two-member team visited the flood-affected areas in Alnavar and Navalgund taluks and Dharwad city. The farmers told about their plight due to the floods for the second year in a row.
“The rains in July and the first week of August ruined all our hopes of getting a good yield. Facing all odds, we had borrowed money from banks and invested in farms hoping for good returns. When harvest time was near, the rains damaged crops in several acres of land. Plantations of maize, coconut, arecanut, green gram, black gram and banana have been completely destroyed, causing huge losses,” the farmers urged the government to come to their rescue.
Farmers lined up with small children carrying dried maize crops to meet the officials of the central team and tell their plight.
Dharwad Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patel received the central study team comprising Guruprasad J, Superintending Engineer in the Ministry of Jal Shakti and Mahesh Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Finance at Hubli airport. He was apprised about the plight of farmers who lost their homes and cattle due to floods in Alnavar and Navalgund in July.
The team then left for Alnavar taluk where they first inspected the damaged houses at Jai Bharat Colony in Kumbarganavi. The team also visited Indiramna Kere, which had broken out for the second time in the last three years, causing a flood-like situation in the low-lying areas of Alnavar city.
Officials told the central team that seven houses were completely damaged, while 77 houses suffered 25% to 75% and 1,249 houses suffered 15% to 25% damage.
The team also inspected damaged maize, coconut, banana and arecanut crops grown in more than 1,456 hectares of agricultural land and 7.2 hectares of horticultural land.
Later the team inspected the roads and bridges, Anganwadi centers and primary health centers that were damaged due to rain. The team was told that the crops grown in 23,238 hectares of agricultural land and 276 hectares of horticulture land in the entire Dharwad district have been destroyed.
Engineers said that 51 km of state highways, 63.4 km of major roads and 31 bridges in the district have also been badly damaged, causing a loss of Rs 105 crore.
The team was told that 148 government school buildings, 134 anganwadi centers and 32 primary health centers have partially collapsed. The team also visited Arekurhatti, Yamanur and Benehalla Bridges near Ron Cross in Navalgund taluk and left for Bagalkot district.
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