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 and 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 damage to hundreds of trees owned by H. Nagaraju, grown in an area of nine acres in Hottegowdana Doddi, 1,200 trees of Bojaiah at Nidaghatta and 1,500 trees of Raju at the same village. The cultivators urged the Department of Horticulture and other agencies concerned to initiate steps to compensate their loss.
