Eshwara Khandre, Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment and Bidar district In-charge, said that the State government had declared all the eight taluks of the district as drought-hit after taking into account recent rainfall data.
“Earlier, the government had declared only three taluks drought-hit. However, the situation in the remaining five taluks was no different as per the subsequent rainfall data. So, the government declared all the eight taluks drought-hit and stepped in taking drought relief measures,” Mr. Khandre said at the quarterly review meeting of the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) at Bidar Zilla Panchayat conference hall in Bidar on Wednesday.
“We need to disburse the drought compensation to the farmers. Task Forces would be constituted at the taluk level under the chairpersonship of the MLAs concerned to assess the loss caused by the drought in their respective areas. Based on the reports of the Task Forces, the government would release the compensation funds accordingly. All the government servants are expected to work honestly in preparing the drought report and ensure that the relief released by the government would reach to the intended beneficiary,” Mr. Khandre said.
