Shivamogga: Areca plantation burnt into ashes
More than Rs 25 lakh worth loss incurred
Shivamogga, Jan 07: An areca plantation burnt into ashes when it caught fire accidentally at Veerapura village of Agrahara hobli in Thirthahalli taluk on Monday.
The incident happened in the plantation belonging to Hoovamma. As soon as the news spread, locals and fire brigade tried their level best to douse the fire.
But thousands of areca saplings were burnt into ashes in the fire. It is estimated that areca saplings worth more than Rs 25 lakh were damaged. A case was registered at Malur police station.
The areca plantation was developed on an area of 3.25 acre of land around four years ago. Total 1200 areca samplings and banana plantation was raised. Drip irrigation facility was made pending lakhs of rupees and a pipeline was laid for water supply. Sprinklers and pipeline was also gutted in the fire incident.
“We have developed the plantation spending lakhs of rupees with hard work. Now the entire plantation was gutted in the fire. The government and the concerned authorities should come to our rescue and help us with suitable compensation”, Hoovamma family members demanded.
MLA Araga Jnanendra, former MLA Kimmane Rathnakar, DCC Bank president RM Manjunath Gowda and other elected representatives, Tahsildar, and horticulture department officials visited the place and reviewed the situation. They assured of getting the compensation from the government.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
