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- Karnataka has declared 23 more taluks as drought-hit, but Hirekerur taluk in Haveri district has been left out of the list.
- Former minister B.C.
- Patil has criticised the exclusion, saying Hirekerur has a 40% rainfall shortfall and questioning the government's criteria for the declaration.
- Farmers in Hirekerur have sown crops two or three times without yields, and Patil warned that without a drought declaration no crop insurance or compensation will reach them.
- Patil has demanded the immediate declaration of Hirekerur as drought-hit and the restoration of seven hours of power supply, which has reportedly been cut to five hours.
- The outcome matters because the decision determines whether drought relief and compensation reach farmers in the taluk.
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- Patil has called for a siege of the Hirekerur taluk office on Saturday at 10 a.m. to pressure the government.
- The JDS has announced a padayatra on September 21 from Hanagal to the Haveri Deputy Commissioner's office demanding full drought status.
- Farmer organisations have demanded that the balance of the ₹3,600 crore crop loss compensation from 2023 also be released along with this year's relief.
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B.C. Patil
former minister
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“ಹಿರೇಕೆರೂರು ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮಲತಾಯಿ ಧೋರಣೆ ತೋರುತ್ತಿದೆ.”
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…ಅನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ ಉಳಿದೆಲ್ಲ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕುಗಳನ್ನು ಬರಪೀಡಿತ ಎಂದು ಮಾಡಿರುವುದು ದುರ್ದೈವದ ಸಂಗತಿ ಎಂದು ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವ ಬಿ.ಸಿ.ಪಾಟೀಲ್ ಆಕ್ರೋಶ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದರು. .ಪಟ್ಟಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಟೀಲ್ ಅವರ ಗೃಹ ಕಚೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ ನಡೆದ ಪತ್ರಿಕಾಗೋಷ್ಠಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ಹಿರೇಕೆರೂರು ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮಲತಾಯಿ ಧೋರಣೆ ತೋರುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ, ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳಿಗೆ, ಶಾಸಕರಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಯಾಕೆ ಇಷ್ಟು ಕೋಪವೋ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ನಮ್ಮ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲೂ ಶೇ 40ರಷ್ಟು ಮಳೆ ಕೊರತೆ ಇದೆ. ಶೇ 40ಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಳೆ ಕೊರತೆ ಇರುವ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕುಗಳನ್ನೇ ಬರಪೀಡಿತ ಎಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ…
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