Bengaluru: Widespread crop loss due to excessive rain during the now concluded kharif season has prompted farmer organisations to demand a loan waiver and the setting up of a debt relief commission on the lines of Kerala. Despite the early onset of monsoon in May, sowing took place only on 67.7 lakh hectares as against a target of 82.5 lakh hectares for the June–Sept season. Crops on 5.2 lakh hectares were lost. Northern districts including Kalaburagi, Dharwad, Bidar, Belagavi, Bagalkot, Haveri and Vijayapura, were the worst hit. “Farmers in Karnataka experience only two conditions: Floods due to excessive rains or drought,” said T Yashawanta, state general secretary, Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha. “Whether it rains or not, farmers…
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