BENGALURU: Revenue minister Krishna Byregowda on Monday said as many as 85 taluks in the state have received less than 20 per cent rainfall and is under the government’s scanner to be declared as drought hit.
Byregowda said, however, with the stringent central government norms to declare a drought hit taluk, it is a difficult task to declare them the same.
“As of now, the norms suggest that there needs to be a 60 per deficit in rainfall and for three consecutive weeks there should be a dry spell. But in the present climatic conditions this is a serious challenge as one day in these three weeks there may be rains and create an obstacle for us to declare them as drought hit. We have already requested the centre to relax the norms to declare drought hit taluks, with chief minister Siddaramaiah writing to the centre in this regard,” he said.
