Madikeri, Sept 22: This year, the Kodagu district administration has estimated that Rs 1,700 crore was needed for rebuilding Kodagu from two back-to-back calamities.
Coffee growers in Kodagu are staring at yet another difficult year and may end up with recurring distress from last week’s flood and landslips, district officials sources told UNI.
Rain fury from the start of this month has destroyed plantations and incessant rainfall has resulted in extensive berry-dropping. In the worst cases, there has been destruction of entire estates. The exact extent of damage to the standing crop is yet to be assessed, but according to initial estimates of the Kodagu district administration, 1,02,034 hectares of coffee estates have been damaged. The crop loss is pegged at Rs 53 crore.
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