A three-member Inter-Ministerial Central team visited Kalaburagi on Thursday to assess the damage caused by heavy rain during August and interact with affected farmers.
The team comprising Director for Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry K. Manohar, Rural Development Ministry Secretary S.B. Tiwari and Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority’s S. Jagadish visited two farmers in Tilgul village of Kalaburagi district.
A 65-year-old farmer Rasul Bi in Tilgul village, who has lost red gram on her 1.30 acres of land due to excess rainfall, said that she had taken up sowing for the second time after her standing crop was damaged due to rain earlier.
