Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
I am ready to come with you if you are taking an all-party delegation to the Centre to demand drought relief.
216 out of 236 taluks have been declared drought-hit in the wake of severe drought in the state.A total crop loss of Rs.33,710 crore has been estimated,and Rs.17,901 crore compensation has been requested from the Centre.
When the Centre’s drought study team arrived in the state,they were convinced about the drought situation including green drought.
Our ministers N Chaluvarayaswamy,Priyank Kharge and Krishna Byre Gowda met the Agriculture Secretary of the Centre and informed them about the situation.
Despite doing all this,neither a positive response nor a grant has come from the Union government.The Union government,which was supposed to release drought relief as per NDRF rules,is delaying it unnecessarily.
As I told you that if you take an all-party delegation in this regard,I will come with you.I would like to state once again that it is not too late to take the all-party delegation to Delhi instead of going on a trip to study drought in the state.
