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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Defamation case: Application filed in court for voice sample of Rahul Gandhi
Sultanpur (UP) (PTI): An application for obtaining a voice sample of Rahul Gandhi was filed in an MP-MLA court here on Saturday during a hearing in a defamation case against the Congress leader over his alleged objectionable remarks against then BJP president Amit Shah in 2018.
The plaintiff Vijay Mishra's advocate, Santosh Kumar Pandey, said he filed the application requesting that a voice sample of Gandhi be collected and sent to a forensic science laboratory for comparison with a CD that has already been submitted to the court.
Rahul Gandhi's lawyers registered their objections to this demand. The next hearing in the matter is fixed for April 6, Pandey said.
On February 20, Gandhi, the Lok Sabha MP from Raebareli, had appeared before the court and recorded his statement, claiming the case was filed against him due to political vendetta.
He had also told the court that the audio and video evidence submitted by the complainant was incorrect and said he would present his own evidence.
In December 2023, the court issued a warrant against Gandhi after he failed to appear before it. He later surrendered before the court in February 2024 and was granted bail on two surety bonds of Rs 25,000 each.
The hearing was deferred on Friday due to a holiday on Ram Navami.
Pandey said that during the previous hearing, the complainant's side had filed an application seeking verification of audio and video evidence of the alleged statements made by Gandhi by matching them with his original voice.
The case stems from Gandhi's alleged objectionable remarks against Shah during the 2018 Karnataka election campaign. Following the remarks, Vijay Mishra, a resident of Hanumanganj under Kotwali Dehat police station area in Sultanpur, filed the defamation complaint.
