We have lost total earnings, help us: farmers tell Central Flood Assessment Team in Karnataka
BELAGAVI: Having suffered losses due to floods, the farmers poured their woes before the Central team that had come to the district on Tuesday to assess the flood damage and submit the report to the Union Government.
The farmers who met the team members during their visit tried to convey the officials about their loss and sought adequate relief from the government.
“I was earning at least Rs 3 lakh from an acre of land by cultivating carrots. But the floods have washed away my total crop. What should I do, how should I cover this loss”, said one of the farmers of Hosur village in Hukkeri taluk.
The farmers of Ingali village showed their maize crop which was destroyed in the floods.
Several elected representatives who had joined the team, explained the loss incurred by the farmers due to floods to the team. Former Minister, Shashikant Naik and MLC Mahantesh Kavatagimath told the team about farmers losing Soybean crops due to the natural calamity.
During their visit to Badakundri village, the farmers informed the team about loss to their soybean crop.
One of the farmers said that he had cultivated soybean in 1.17 acre land, but just when the crop was coming to the harvesting stage, the flood destroyed the crop which caused huge loss to him. He said he was expecting at least 15 quintals of soybene from his farm.
Deputy Commissioner, M. H. Hiremath who was with the team, said that some 30 hectare crop in the village has been destroyed. The team collected details about the loan borrowed by the farmers from the bank for cultivation.
The villagers demanded the officials to release compensation to the houses damaged in the last floods.
The team also visited a bridge at Lolsur village which had been damaged due to floods.
Hiremath told the team about the loss to infrastructure such as roads and bridges. He requested the team to grant funds for restoration of these infrastructure.
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Power struggle in ruling Cong has 'created massive confusion' in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday claimed that the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar has created massive confusion in Karnataka.
He remarked that the proverb “when two people fight, the third one benefits” has come true, as AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge is also now making efforts to become Chief Minister.
Speaking to reporters here, Ashoka said the entire government has turned into a house of confusion due to the alleged power tussle.
Kharge’s new statement has only added to the chaos, he said.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had on Friday said that no date has been fixed yet to discuss possible leadership change in Karnataka.
This came a day after Kharge said there was no change of CM in Karnataka "for now" and that the leadership issue in the state would be resolved soon.
The BJP leader said that Kharge too has aspirations and that he was cheated earlier.
"Perhaps he has received a green signal from the Congress high command to become CM. Everyone is already saying Kharge should become CM. Kharge himself has declared, “I am ready to become CM.” Despite many attempts in the past, he never became CM. Now he is trying to seize the opportunity," the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly said.
According to him, the situation in Congress has perfectly become a case of “two people fighting, third one benefits.”
