more-inActivists have questioned supporters of kambala for keeping mum over shrinking paddy fields in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. In the rural sport, buffaloes are made to run on slush tracks created on paddy fields. But on the other, they are brokers for real estate agents making farmers sell their paddy fields,” he alleged, adding that it exposed their dual stand. ‘Shrunk by 22%’Senior officials in the Agriculture Department told The Hindu that paddy fields in the two districts have shrunk by 22% in a decade due to various factors. In addition, about 8,000 ha of paddy fields in both the districts together have been left uncultivated.

Source: The Hindu January 26, 2017 17:48 UTC