Seeking the immediate launch of drought relief works, farm workers took out a protest march and staged a demonstration under the aegis of All India Krishi Karmikara Sanghatane in Dharwad on Thursday.
Staging the demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office, they complained that although all the eight taluks in Dharwad district have been declared severely drought-hit, drought relief works have not begun in most of the taluks.
They said that although months have passed after the drought study teams visited the district and survey was taken up, no funds have been released under NDRF and SDRF.
