Kalaburagi, The officials of the Agriculture and Revenue departments on Tuesday commenced a joint survey to assess the crop loss owing to continuous rain in the district this year. As much as 73 per cent of Green gram was washed away due to the heavy rainfall during July-August-2020.According to the data provided by the Agriculture department, standing crop on 89,235 hectares of land has been severely damaged owing to incessant rainfall in the district, green gram has been among the worst hit crops.Officials said that in a total area of 89,235 hectares, 35,868 hectares (40 %) had green gram sown on it. Green gram had achieved a sowing target of 49,100 hectares area, out of which 73 % of the crop has been washed away due to heavy rainfall recorded during July and August.Of the 35,868 hectares where green gram crop was damaged, major losses were reported from Sedam taluk, 11,966 hectares, followed by Chitapur taluk, 11,690 hectares, Chincholi taluk, 6,068 hectares and Kalaburagi taluk, 4,509 hectares. Of the 5,32,800 hectares of area under red gram, cropson 44,446 hectares (8 %) have been damaged. As much as 22,749 hectares of red gram in Aland taluk, 15,692 hectares in Kalaburagi taluk and 3,906 hectares of the crop in Chincholi taluk have suffered damage.The survey also said that Black gram on 4,349 hectares (14%) of the total 29,800 hectares have been damaged.Soyabean crop damage was estimated in over 3,695 hectares and cotton on 571 hectares in the district.Of the total 89,235 hectares of crop damage, 28,924 hectares of crop has been damaged in Aland taluk, followed by 22,584 hectares in Kalaburagi taluk, 13,735 hectares in Sedam taluk, 12,125 hectares in Chittapur taluk and 11,605 in Chincholi taluk. While crop loss reported in Afzalpur taluk was in 200 hectares, Jewargi taluk reported crop damage in 62 hectares of its total cultivated area.