Minister Madhu Bangarappa visits Sorab, holds review meeting
Minister Madhu Bangarappa visited drought-hit Sorab to review agricultural relief efforts and infrastructure issues. He directed officials to repair faulty rain gauges and prepare reports on crop losses to ensure farmers receive entitled insurance compensation.
Why it matters
Highlights government accountability in rural disaster management and the direct impact of administrative failures on farmer livelihoods.
Sorab MLA Madhu Bangarappa, who was recently inducted into the Cabinet led by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, visited drought-hit areas of Sorab taluk on Friday and held a meeting with district officials.
Mr. Bangarappa instructed Deputy Commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalikatti and other officials to ensure that rain gauge instruments were repaired immediately so that farmers do not lose the relief they are entitled to under the weather-based crop insurance scheme.
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