Members of some farmers associations staged a protest in Belagavi on Tuesday against the delay in distribution of drought relief by the Union and State governments.
They shouted slogans against the two governments saying that Central and State Ministers have been blind to the plight of farmers. They said that the Union government has failed to provide relief to the State’s farmers despite the Central drought assessment team touring drought-hit districts over four months ago.
The relief released by the State government was very meagre and not enough for farmers to take up sowing in the next kharif season, they added.
