The houses built in Manvi taluk under ASARE scheme is still yet to be the given to the flood victims. In the past 30 years, three major floods occurred in Raichur. Due to this people who resided near Tungabhadra riverbanks lost their houses Bhibhi Fathima, head of a joint family, in Chikalpurvi village, said,” Floods […]
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The grapes are the main crop of Cheemachanahalli, experienced heavy rainfall. The farmers of Cheemachanahalli, a village in Devanahalli taluka of Karnataka, lost more than 1500 kilograms of their Bangalore Blue grapes due to the heavy rainfall in Bengaluru. “I lost around Rs. five lakhs due to the rains,” said Krishnappa, a grape farmer […]
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Around 20,000 people have already been evacuated in Odisha and the government is hiking payments for restoration work post the cyclone. Cuttack, Kolkata: A storm is coming. Within a year of the cyclone Amphan, another cyclone called Cyclone Yaas will make landfall on Odisha and West Bengal within the next 12 hours. While the state […]
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Many farmers in the Bailhongal taluka have decided not to grow cotton crops from next year, succumbing to the losses they are facing due to excessive rains and lack of subsidies on fertilizers and pesticides. Riya Sharma Due to the excessive floods and rainfall in the villages of Bevinkoppa, Amatur, and Nayanagar, farmers have suffered […]
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The state government is yet to give compensations to farmers for crop damage during drought seasons. Yamini Chincholi | Bengaluru Farmers in Maski taluk are yet to get compensation for crop damages caused due to floods and drought from the state government, according to the Right to Fair Compensation Act, 2013. Abdul Aziz, working journalist, […]
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Due to sudden change in climate, the local farmers are in doubt on how to save their crops from getting destroyed. By Rohit Chatterjee Bengaluru, Jan.31, 2019. The sudden change in climate due to global warming has affected the crops. Rice, Ragi, and Bajra are prominently grown in the areas surrounding Bengaluru. Rice needs an […]
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