K’taka rains: Flood claims 12 lives, major damage in coffee-spice plantations

(G.N.S) Dt. 21 Bengaluru The unprecedented rains that triggered flash floods and landslides have delivered a deadly blow to several small and marginal coffee planters in north Kodagu, bordering Kerala. Spices like black pepper and cardamom produced in the coffee estateshave also been severely hit. Coffee and spice plantations have