According to a preliminary report prepared by the Department of Agriculture, a total of 60,519 farmers lost standing crops in 11,195 hectares due to heavy rains and floods.
Heavy rains in Kuttanad, Kerala have thoroughly laid its agricultural region to waste.
Rains damaged more than 1,322 hectares of agriculture in Palakkad, costing 2,982 farmers a total of Rs 19.9 crore, while in Ernakulam, 5,991 farmers lost crops worth Rs 18.85 crore over 1,824 hectares.
Prasad also said that the State Government would seek a special agriculture package from the Centre.
In a way due to climate change Kerala a state which boasted about climate change is now facing constant climate change problems on an annual basis.
Now the state can only depend on itself to find a solution for this.