“This is a milestone and a success in our long fight to secure justice and relief for the people of Karnataka,” the CM posted on social media platform X.
He greeted the piece of news from the Centre after Attorney General R Venkataramani informed the Supreme Court that its will resolve expeditiously issues related to Karnataka government’s plea and take a call by April 29.
Karnataka was forced to file a writ petition against the Central Government in court seeking drought relief funds, as the Central Government had not made a decision on our memorandum, which was submitted in September 2023, the CM said in his post.
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Karnataka is currently grappling with an acute water scarcity crisis, with 223 out of 236 taluks declared as drought affected. The state government sought Rs 18,177 crore under the NDRF. The funds were supposed to be released by November 2023 as per the law, the CM had said earlier. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, had, last month asserted every penny that was due to Karnataka from the Union Government had been paid on time, a day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced moving the Supreme Court over the “five-month delay” in the release of drought relief.The CM, along with state revenue minister Krishna Byre Gowda, had met the PM in Delhi in December and submitted a memorandum highlighting that out of the 236 taluks, 223 had been hit by drought, with 196 of them severely affected.Agriculture crops on about 4.82 million hectares have suffered damage ranging from 33% to 100%, with most of the areas reporting losses of more than 80%, the CM had said.
The state’s letter highlighted that though the 2015-16 agriculture census data showed about 44% of farmland was held by small and marginal farmers, the figure was much higher at 83% according to the state’s own FRUITS database.
