The factional politics on the question of leadership
change prevailing in the Bharatiya Janata Party has resulted in complete
neglect of the severe drought situation in the State, according to the
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
.
Speaking to
mediapersons here on Thursday, CPI(M) State Secretariat member
Nityananda Swamy said that farmers, who had taken up sowing, were in
deep crisis because of deficient rain.
Migration
“There
is large-scale migration from north Karnataka and other drought-hit
areas into cities like Bangalore,” said Mr. Swamy, adding that poor
implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act had worsened the migration situation.
Daily wage
workers in places such as Koppal and Bellary were migrating to far away
places for wages far lower than what was promised under MNREGA, he
said. Mr. Swamy said that the districts of
Hyderabad-Karnataka and coastal regions had received only 43 per cent of
the normal rainfall.
The nine districts of southern
Karnataka had received 59 per cent of normal rainfall and Malnad
districts of Kodagu, Shimoga and Chikmagalur had received 22 per cent of
normal rainfall. The least rain of 10.02 mm was received in Koppal, said Mr. Swamy.
Inaction
While water-levels in reservoirs and power generation situation was dire, the Ministers were busy in factional fights, he said.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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