The State government will draw up the first list of drought-hit taluks on Monday after the Cabinet sub-committee on drought-related issues meets. Based on the rainfall report, the government is planning to declare drought-hit areas in three lists.
“We will declare the taluks as drought-hit as per the strict guidelines of the Centre. As of August 31, 75 taluks are ready to be declared as drought-affected. As of August 18, the government has drawn up a temporary list of 113 affected taluks as per the Centre’s guidelines,” Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told reporters in Kolar on Sunday.
He said that the government was also getting the ground truthing report on crop losses.
