Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on October 28, 2023, said the Centre has not released a single rupee towards drought relief for Karnataka though the State government has twice urged it to release at least ₹17,000 crore. The Centre thus has been continuing the step motherly treatment to Karnataka, he told reporters at Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi.
The Central team has accepted that 116 taluks in the State were affected by drought while the state has estimated losses to a tune of ₹33,000 crore. Yet there has been no positive response from the centre, Mr. Siddaramaiah lamented.
