Of the 5000 applications received by the Agriculture Department from farmers claiming loss of crops due to unseasonal rains in March, 2200 applications have been verified and loss has been estimated to be Rs 2.75 crore. The verification of the remaining applications is scheduled to be completed by May, told S S P Tendulkar, Director of Agriculture to Herald. Unseasonal rains in the months of February and March greatly affected horticulture crops and to some extent paddy. In view of the huge losses suffered by the farmers, the State Government had announced compensation and the zonal officers were directed to estimate the losses. The crops such as mango, cashew and water melon were worst hit. Local crops such as alsana, red chillies, onions and to some extent, paddy too were destroyed in the untimely rains.