Members of a central government-appointed team, which is presently in Rajasthan to assess the crop loss due to bad rains, have said that crop loss in 19 districts of the state has been pegged at 50 per cent, while in one it is around 33 per cent. "Our team members visited remote villages in various districts affected by `the natural calamity'.They found the situation to be grim. We will ask the Centre to sanction required funds for the rehabilitation of affected farmers," said Vasudha Mishra, MD at Na tional Co-operative Development Corporation, who is leading the high-level Central team. Mishra said those with damaged homes will be given relief by way of `construction work' under MNREGA. Employment for 150 days under the scheme would help the needy people earn livelihood, she said. "Some 14,500 villages were hit by flooding during the kharif season. The state government has demanded a relief package of Rs 10,500 crore from the central government," said Kataria on Thursday after the meeting with the members of the central team at the Collectorate. Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com