date:Apr 19, 2016
Heavy rainfall damaged hundreds of banana trees that were ready for harvest in Nidaghatta and Hottegowdana Doddi, in Maddur taluk, of the district, on Saturday night.
Several parts of Maddur experienced heavy showers late on Saturday that left many banana trees damaged, sources at the Department of Horticulture said. The rain damaged 800 trees belonging to K.V. Shivaram of Nidaghatta and completely destroyed 2,200 trees belonging to Narayan of the same village.
The rain also caused severe dama