In Tuticorin, a port city in India, severe monsoon rains have damaged 3,048 hectares of banana crops. On Monday 4 January officials were still ascertaining the damage caused to other crops and a report is expected to be submitted Wednesday 6 January.
Apart from banana, crops such as chillies and onions were also damaged in the rains. The State government had already announced compensation for crop damage.
As for damages caused to irrigated banana crop, compensation of Rs.13,500 was fixed per hectare and Rs.7,410 as compensation for damage caused to a hectare of rain-fed crop.
Surpassing the average annual rainfall of 662 mm, Collector Mr. Ravikumar said the district experienced 804.6 mm rain in 2015.
He said NABARD had sanctioned Rs.10.23 m under its rural infrastructure development fund to construct a check-dam across Karumeniyar at Kombankulam in Sathankulam taluk. The check-dam will have a 70 meter width and height of one meter.
(1 Indian Rupee= 0.015 USD)
Source - freshplaza.com
