Campco seeks compensation from CM as fruit rot disease damages arecanut crop
In light of this grave situation, Campco president A Kishore Kumar Kodgi submitted a formal request to chief minister Siddaramaiah, urging the govt to conduct a crop damage survey and provide compensation to the affected farmers.
The arecanut-growing districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga, and Chikkamagaluru witnessed monsoon rainfall well above the seasonal average. Despite farmers spraying fungicides multiple times, the persistent rain triggered a widespread outbreak of fruit rot disease (Kole Roga), destroying nearly half of the arecanut crop.
Farmers are making desperate efforts to save the remaining yield, but the results have been largely ineffective.
Disheartened by mounting losses, they are now looking to the govt for support.
Campco urged the CM to take urgent steps by initiating a scientific survey through the concerned departments to assess crop damage, providing timely compensation for the economic loss incurred by the farmers, and issuing necessary relief measures to safeguard the livelihoods of growers during this critical period.
Kodgi, in a release, expressed hope that the govt would act swiftly to mitigate the impact of this natural calamity.
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