Vijayapura: While the fury of the rains has stopped in the Vijayapura district, the woes of the farmers who have lost a major portion of standing crop are far from over.

Farmers whose lands are located on the banks of the Bhima and Don rivers have experienced the worst crop loss.

“Look at the crops. It can’t even be used as fodder. Either I have to burn the crop or just leave in the fields,” said a frustrated Sharanayya Math, one of the farmers of the Bhuyyar village in the Indi taluk.

Pointing out to the foul-smelling maize crop which has fallen flat in his farm, Math said that the torrential rains have washed away his crop and his hopes of earning a living from his produce.

He said that while he was waiting for the rains to subside, he was extensively hoping that the crops would withstand the downpour as he was just weeks away from harvesting.

Worried, he is clueless about the future and doesn’t know how he will arrange money for the next crop season.

Stories like this are common among most of the farmers of the district as they have lost a good share of their standing crop to the natural calamity.

While farmers worry about their crops, the people who have lost their houmes in the recent rains have different stories to tell.

After the collapse of houses, several people lost their valuable documents. “We are trying to salvage our belongings. I really don’t know how many documents I have lost and how I will arrange them again,” said Sitaram Pawar, a farmer of the Kalkeri village in the Sindgi taluk, whose house collapsed recently.

Meanwhile, the district administration has estimated the crop loss to be over 2.28 lakh hectares of land. Around 4,419 houses have been damaged, two persons have died and some 54 cattle heads have perished. The estimated loss is around Rs 982 crore.

Deputy Commissioner, P Sunil Kumar said that the survey work would be held till October 27 to assess the total damages.

“In the meantime, we have given Rs 10,000 each to 474 families as interim relief,” he said.