The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Green Brigade have urged the State government to immediately release compensation at the rate of ₹25,000 per acre to the farmers suffering crop loss in the recent rains without waiting for Central assistance.
State president of the sangha and Green Brigade H.R. Basavarajappa said the rains had devastated crops on an estimated 9 lakh hectares across the State, causing a consolidated loss of around ₹5,000 crore. Even livestock had died in the rains that caused widespread crop devastation and collapse of houses.
People, who had lost their houses, were living in rented accommodation or were on the streets, he claimed while lamenting that the government was yet to pay compensation to the families whose houses had been damaged in last year’s rains. Compensation amounts had been paid only to the next of kin of the deceased persons, he said.
