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- A severe rainfall shortage has destroyed roughly eighty percent of the finger millet crop in Kunigal taluk.
- The taluk received only 218 mm of rain between June and September 15 against a normal of 360 mm.
- Farmers in areas such as Mangala and Markonahalli switched from paddy to finger millet this season because of water scarcity.
- A retired soldier named Shivakumar from Ippadi village says his one-and-a-half acre millet sowing dried up completely this year after growing 35 quintals on three acres last year.
- The crop loss leaves Kunigal farmers struggling to save their remaining fields and facing a sharp income hit.
What to watch next
- Whether Kunigal taluk receives rainfall in the coming weeks
- Any announcement of compensation or relief for affected millet farmers
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