JOIN USHorti dept officials to study blight disease affected potatoes
District-in-Charge Minister Abhayachandra Jain has said that horticulture department officials from Bangalore will be sent to Chikmagalur, to make a study on the blight disease affected potatoes within 15 days.
Speaking after visiting disease affected potato farms in Ambale hobli in Chikmagalur on Friday, he said “Chief minister was also a farmer. He knows the problems faced by the farmers. Even I was also into farming. The government will respond to the problems faced by the farmers,” he said.
Krishne Gowda, a farmer in Malaloor said “farmers do not seek luxurious life. We need scientific price for the crops grown by us. The farmers seek compensation when we lose our crops. The facilities given by the government is meagre. Only the old generation are engaged in farming. The youth have already turned their face from farming.”
To which, the minister said that he will impress upon the CM to provide suitable compensation to the crop loss.
Potatoes have been affected with blight disease in Chikmagalur taluk. Fruit rot disease has also affected ginger and farmers are in distress, said Malaloor gram panchayat president Sidde Gowda.
The Minister visited disease affected farms in Kallahalli and Ambale.
Damage
The Minister also visited Kadrimidri tank, where the retaining wall is on the verge of collapse. He directed the officials to strengthen the retaining wall to ensure that no harm is done to farmers. About 500 to 600 acre land will be submerged if the retaining wall collapses. MLC Gayatri Shanthe Gowda, DCC President M L Murthy, leaders T D Raje Gowda and others were present.