Deputy  District Commissioner  Subhodh Yadav announced the  estimated loss in the  district because rain on Thursday. The losses have been  put at Rs 14,62,87, 000.

Speaking at the meet to survey the crop loss in the city, he  also added that 6 people  had  lost their  lives  during the  rains  beside the  damage to property.

“ Sixteen animals have died and  and about Rs 13,92,8000 worth  crops have been  destroyed  from about  625 acres of  land. Thirty  five  houses  have collapsed and a loss of Rs 11.5 lakhs  has been  estimated.” said the official.

Rs 10.8 crores is the  reported  figure for the  losses due to damage to roads and lakes belonging to Zilla Panchayat engineering  department.

In Gowribidnur, Chikkaballapur and  Gudibande the losses are approximately about Rs 68 lakh in the small scale water irrigation project.

The losses connected to the  power  department is about Rs12 lakh  while the  water  shed department has reported a loss of  Rs  20  lakh. The  roads that  fall under the jurisdiction of Chintamani municipal council have  estimated a loss of Rs 61 lakh.Crops worth Rs 38 lakh have been lost from 81 acres of land.

He  also made it compulsory for the taluk officials to report all facts  and figures of the  property loss and compensation amount  from their areas to their respective taluk tahasildhars.

He added that he  would making a recommendation to the government to release an amount of  Rs  3 lakh to families  of the 6 people who  died and  Rs  1.8 lakh to the  families that lost  animals.