Declare entire Kalaburagi district drought-hit, KPRS demands

…category and that relief be distributed without delay. He also sought a farm loan waiver, the release of pending crop insurance claims, and the withdrawal of loan recovery notices issued by banks to farmers. “ At a time when farmers are struggling to save their crops and livelihoods, issuing recovery notices is nothing but anti-farmer ,” Mr. Mamshetty criticised. The failure of rains had dried up wells and borewells, lowered groundwater levels, and severely affected kharif crops, including red gram, cotton, sugarcane, soybean, pulses, and sesame. In…