<p>Heavy rain, accompanied by hailstones, that lashed the taluk ravaged mangoes and vegetables in thousands of acres of land, besides damaging a few houses, on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Villages that incurred most losses in mango and tomato crops are Duggasandra hobli’s Mandikal, Gollahalli, Harapanayakanahalli, Bisanahalli, Kondenahalli, Gujjanahalli, Nichanagunte, Taverekere and surrounding villages. <br /><br />At least 1,200 acre of land have been destroyed. Of these villages, Mandikal has incurred the maximum loss as hundreds of mango trees have been uprooted, Horticulture officer B L Shivaprasad, who visited the affected areas, told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />Compensation<br /><br />Mandikal Gram Panchayat former member G N Venkatachalaiah has urged the government to provide immediate compensation to mango growers of the village, who incurred losses. <br /><br />Farmers in the neighbouring Sonnavadi and surrounding villages of Kasba hobli who grow greens in huge quantity have also suffered losses. <br /><br />“We have not received any help from the government,” said a farmer Chinnappa. <br />Roofs blown away<br /><br />In Keelagani village of Aavane hobli, roofsheet of a house belonging to Lingamurthy was blown away. None of the house inmates suffered injury.<br /><br />“I had invested lakh of rupees on tomato and ridge gourd in my farm. But everything is destroyed now,” said Manjunath a farmer.<br /><br />A few electricity poles were uprooted in Keelagani village. No one was hurt as the Bescom authorities acted swiftly by snapping the power supply in the village.<br />Tahsildar P Jayamadhava and Revenue Department authorities visited the affected areas and reviewed the losses <br />incurred. <br /></p>
<p>Heavy rain, accompanied by hailstones, that lashed the taluk ravaged mangoes and vegetables in thousands of acres of land, besides damaging a few houses, on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Villages that incurred most losses in mango and tomato crops are Duggasandra hobli’s Mandikal, Gollahalli, Harapanayakanahalli, Bisanahalli, Kondenahalli, Gujjanahalli, Nichanagunte, Taverekere and surrounding villages. <br /><br />At least 1,200 acre of land have been destroyed. Of these villages, Mandikal has incurred the maximum loss as hundreds of mango trees have been uprooted, Horticulture officer B L Shivaprasad, who visited the affected areas, told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />Compensation<br /><br />Mandikal Gram Panchayat former member G N Venkatachalaiah has urged the government to provide immediate compensation to mango growers of the village, who incurred losses. <br /><br />Farmers in the neighbouring Sonnavadi and surrounding villages of Kasba hobli who grow greens in huge quantity have also suffered losses. <br /><br />“We have not received any help from the government,” said a farmer Chinnappa. <br />Roofs blown away<br /><br />In Keelagani village of Aavane hobli, roofsheet of a house belonging to Lingamurthy was blown away. None of the house inmates suffered injury.<br /><br />“I had invested lakh of rupees on tomato and ridge gourd in my farm. But everything is destroyed now,” said Manjunath a farmer.<br /><br />A few electricity poles were uprooted in Keelagani village. No one was hurt as the Bescom authorities acted swiftly by snapping the power supply in the village.<br />Tahsildar P Jayamadhava and Revenue Department authorities visited the affected areas and reviewed the losses <br />incurred. <br /></p>
