Farmers from Sheelavantanakoppa, Tumari Hosur, Suragihalli and surrounding villages staged a protest in Shikaripur town on Tuesday seeking sufficient compensation for the crop loss.
Addressing the protest meet, Ambaragoppa Raju, a farmer said that paddy cultivated as rabi crop in more than 1,000 acres in these villages had been damaged by the heavy rain that lashed the region recently.
Tanks in the villages were breached, due to which water entered the paddy fields. The crop, was inundated in flood water for more than three days, resulting in heavy loss for farmers, he said.
He urged the government to scientifically assess the loss suffered by the farmers and compensate them accordingly.
The government should provide free seeds and fertilisers to affected farmers for next crop, he said.
