Reeling under huge losses due to heavy rains, flash floods, landslides and Covid-induced lockdown, the Karnataka coffee growers sought a bailout from the Centre, including interest waiver and rescheduling of bank loans to recover from the natural disasters, an official said on Saturday.
“Even as we were grappling from Covid-induced extended lockdown from April to June, our estates have been badly hit by excess rains, floods and landslides in July and August, causing huge damage to our plantations,a leading grower and state-run Coffee Board Chairman M.S. Boje Gowda told IANS here.