Close to 130 families in Karmaling Gewog of Dagana lost their maize crop to the windstorm and heavy rainfall yesterday. The unprecedented disaster in the gewog damaged about 127 acres of maize fields.
According to the Karmaling Gup, 80 per cent of the crop in the four chiwogs of Karmaling, Senchumthang, Omchhu and Labtsakha has been damaged. The calamity also blew off the roofing of 16 houses and a poultry farm. The roofing of three houses was reported to be severely damaged.
The storm also collapsed a mega greenhouse to the ground and damaged 250 bags of cement meant for the ongoing BHU construction in the gewog.
The gewog administration will now send the damage reports to the Lhamoi Dzingkha Dungkhag Administration. The gewog disaster management team completed the damage assessment at about 9 PM yesterday.
Pema Tshewang, Dagana
