Summary:
Though preliminary estimate prepared by the Revenue Department confirms crops loss in around 450 hectares, farmers’ organisations claimed it was just one-third of the total loss. Meanwhile, officials of the Agriculture Department hinted that they would organise special camps in the district for farmers to submit details of crop loss for compensation. “The land destroyed in landslide can never be brought back to the previous state with new farming ventures. Farmers who mainly took up cultivation of food crops and intercrops have been pushed into huge financial crisis. Some farmers harvested half-grown plantains to sell them in the vegetable market to combat the loss..