<p>Karnataka on Thursday sought Rs 3,310 crore from the Centre for rabi crop loss in the state due to dry and warm winter. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Karnataka Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa and Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, who submitted a memorandum to the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh here, told journalists that the state has urged the Centre to send a team of officials to calamity-hit areas to study the situation. <br /><br />The state witnessed 71% shortfall in rain in August and September and suffered Rs 7,097-crore crop loss in rabi season. They also urged the Centre to release Rs 1,782 crore sanctioned to take up relief for crop loss in the monsoon season. <br /><br />In rabi season crops, which is also called the winter crop, mainly jowar, sunflower, bengal gram and linseed are grown in Karnataka. Rabi crops depend on moisture.<br /><br />Prolonged dry spell<br /><br />As Karnataka witnessed warm and dry weather this year, it led to crop damage, said an official in the Ministry of Agriculture. <br /><br />Sowing of rabi crops was taken up on 25.98 lakh hectares as against the target of 32.25 lakh hectares this year. But a prolonged dry spell during rabi season adversely affected agricultural crops on 13.5 lakh hectares and horticultural crops on 15,092 hectares. <br /><br />This is the second consecutive year where both kharif and rabi crops suffered loss due to drought in the state, said the memorandum. <br /></p>
<p>Karnataka on Thursday sought Rs 3,310 crore from the Centre for rabi crop loss in the state due to dry and warm winter. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Karnataka Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa and Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, who submitted a memorandum to the Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh here, told journalists that the state has urged the Centre to send a team of officials to calamity-hit areas to study the situation. <br /><br />The state witnessed 71% shortfall in rain in August and September and suffered Rs 7,097-crore crop loss in rabi season. They also urged the Centre to release Rs 1,782 crore sanctioned to take up relief for crop loss in the monsoon season. <br /><br />In rabi season crops, which is also called the winter crop, mainly jowar, sunflower, bengal gram and linseed are grown in Karnataka. Rabi crops depend on moisture.<br /><br />Prolonged dry spell<br /><br />As Karnataka witnessed warm and dry weather this year, it led to crop damage, said an official in the Ministry of Agriculture. <br /><br />Sowing of rabi crops was taken up on 25.98 lakh hectares as against the target of 32.25 lakh hectares this year. But a prolonged dry spell during rabi season adversely affected agricultural crops on 13.5 lakh hectares and horticultural crops on 15,092 hectares. <br /><br />This is the second consecutive year where both kharif and rabi crops suffered loss due to drought in the state, said the memorandum. <br /></p>
