Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who along with four of his Cabinet colleagues visited Haveri district to hold a review meeting on Tuesday, said that there is no marked increase in the number of farmers death reported from the district.
However, officials have been directed to initiate measures to prevent farmers from taking such extreme steps.
Addressing a press conference after visiting the District Hospital, interacting with farmers and public and holding the review meeting, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that he chose to visit Haveri in the wake of reports about farmers deaths but to his consolation found that it is not alarming.
