Minister for Revenue R. Ashok on Thursday said that Karnataka government is fully prepared to face the rain situation in the State as all necessary measures in this regard have been taken.
Speaking at a meeting in Chembu Gram Panchayat after distributing cheque to one Akkamma whose house in Oorubail in Chembu was damaged in rains recently, he said that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had convened a meeting on the monsoon and taken stock of the situation arising out of heavy rains in seven districts.
The Minister said 18 districts have so far received normal rains this year while rain was below normal in Shivamogga and Haveri districts. Thirteen reservoirs in the State have 800 tmc storage and surplus water from those dams was being discharged into the rivers.
