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- Gouribidanur taluk is facing a severe drought after the monsoon failed, leaving sown seeds unused in dry fields and crops withering.
- Lake levels have fallen sharply, with 39 of 91 zilla panchayat tanks empty and groundwater down by 10.77 per cent, and five town wards already face water shortages, with two more villages expected to be affected.
- Sowing has fallen to just 5.2 per cent of the 29,796-hectare target, causing a serious setback to agriculture, though there is no fodder shortage yet for the taluk's 2,07,728 livestock.
- The taluk administration, holding weekly task force meetings with ₹64 lakh in emergency drought funds, has drilled new borewells and is urging farmers to take crop insurance.
What to watch next
- Whether the 27 new borewell sites identified are drilled and the pending motors and electricity connections are provided
- Spread of water shortages beyond the five affected wards and two at-risk villages
- Extent of crop insurance uptake and sowing progress if rains arrive
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Named India · Gouribidanur · Aravind K.M. · J.K. Honnappa · Narasimha Murthy K.N. · Ravi Kumar
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