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AN APPEAL FOR HELP
16 November, 2001: The farmers of Doeguling Tibetan Settlement, Mundgod, Karnataka State, are badly hit by lack of rain this year, prompting the State Governmentto declare the whole area of Mundgod as drought affected region.
The near-total crop failure has left many of them debt ridden. The Tibetan refugee farmers do not have capital of their own to invest in the agricultural works. Most of the farming is done with loans from local banks. With the result that, in addition to the deficiency of the family income, the drought pushed the farmers into heavy debt. This is a major problem faced by all farmers of this settlement.
The Settlement Officer and the respective village leaders have conducted a thorough crop loss assessment by visiting all the cultivated fields and found that an estimated crop worth of Rs.14,387,086.54 has been lost due to the drought as given below:
1. Net loss on Paddy crop from 2100 acres is Rs 13,504,174.90
2. Net loss on Cotton crop from 90.4 acres is Rs 678,897.59
3. Net loss on Maize crop from 65.5 acres is Rs 199,760.85
4. Net loss on Pulse crop from 3.9 acres is Rs 4,253.20
Total Loss due to drought comes to Rs 14,387,086.54
On account of this unprecedented drought, the Central Tibetan Relief Committee would like to appeal to all the friends and well wishers to make generous contribution for providing relief aids to the drought affected families of Mundgod Tibetan Settlement
To help or give donations, please contact:
Mr. Jigme Jungney
Executive Secretary
Central Tibetan Relief Committee
Dharamsala - 176215
District Kangra, H.P, India
Tel: +91-1892-22214/22412
Fax: +91-1892-25065
Email: nangsi@gov.tibet.net
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