PATNA, Sept. 18 -- With the Central team having visited Bihar to assess the crop damage and damages to infrastructure , property caused by floods in large number of districts, the state agriculture department has made an initial estimate that standing crops in at least 102 blocks in 18 districts covering around one lakh hectare has suffered damages,official sources said.

The department is likely to also put a demand for central assistance to around Rs.200 crore to Rs.250 crore for providing relief to the farmers for their crop damages, which would be assessed as per the norms of National Disaster Response Fund( NDRF), they added.

The farmers in affected districts would soon be asked to put their applications on the agriculture departmen...