date:Aug 15, 2013
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The rain and wind hit them heavily and each banana touched the ground in the strong winds, said Kochouseph, an agriculturist from Thuravunkara. He said he lost more than Rs 1 lakh (100,000) as more than 1,000 bananas were uprooted. Kochousephs is not a singular case, hectares of banana cultivations have been damaged in the recent floods. Devassy, a farmer from Kanjoor, said that this was the first time he ventured into cultivating vegetables as a mid crop.