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- Alur Taluk has been declared drought-hit after rainfall fell seventy-five percent below normal this season.
- Legislator Cement Manju said the inclusion brought happiness because farmers could now expect compensation for their losses.
- Around sixty percent of farmers had sown maize and ginger early in the season, and the crops were completely destroyed for lack of timely rain.
- Water in lakes and borewells in the taluk is declining, and people and livestock face a shortage of drinking water.
- The drought declaration matters because it paves the way for relief to farmers hit by the crop damage.
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- Announcement of compensation for farmers whose crops were destroyed
- Steps to ensure drinking water for people and livestock as lake and borewell levels fall
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