CM Siddaramaiah asks district in-charge ministers to submit drought situation report on Nov 15
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asked the district in-charge ministers to travel to the drought-hit taluks and districts of the state and submit a detailed status report to him on November 15.
The direction came as the state faces one of the worst droughts where out of 236 taluks, 216 have been declared drought hit due to inadequate rainfall.
The Chief Minister’s office released the ‘proceedings’ for the ministers on Friday which said drinking water requirements for people, cattle, agriculture and industries, fodder, employment scenario, drought relief distribution and various measures to deal with drought in the state have already been discussed in the cabinet meeting.
The outcome was also discussed with the district authorities and the chief executive officers of Panchayat.
''Hence, in the next two weeks, the district in-charge ministers visit each taluk of your district, inspect and review the situation of drinking water, fodder for cattle, jobs, crop loss and other issues and gather necessary information,'' the CM said in his missive to the in charge ministers.
He also asked them to review these issues, including the status of ‘Goshalas’ (cattle sheds) and fodder banks, with local MLAs.
The ministers have also been asked to issue strict instructions to the officers concerned to make sure that there are no shortcomings in the drought relief measures.
Siddaramaiah also asked the ministers to brief reporters of the respective taluks detailing the drought situation and relief measures initiated by the government and furnish a detailed report on drought in their respective districts to him on November 15.
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Assam CM flays Cong for 'not verifying' documents before making charges against his family
Sivasagar/Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed the Congress for “not verifying” the documents based on which it brought allegations against him and his family.
Congress leader Pawan Khera had on Sunday alleged that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief minister’s election affidavit.
Sarma also hit out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, claiming that he was “speaking like a madman” due to old age, after the latter put the onus on central agencies to probe the charges.
The CM asserted that Khera had “run away” to Hyderabad, but the Assam Police will “hunt him down even from ‘pataal’ (netherworld)”.
“‘Assam Police ko nahi jante hain.. Pataal se bhi ukhar ke le ayega’ (They don’t know the Assam Police... they will hunt him down even from the netherworld),” asserted Sarma.
An Assam Police team had earlier in the day visited the Delhi residence of Khera for questioning him in connection with the case.
“If they didn’t know the truth, why did they put it out in public? They should have asked the foreign minister first,” Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign, when asked for his reaction to Kharge’s assertion that the Union government should probe the allegations now.
Kharge, at a presser in Guwahati on Tuesday, said all agencies are under the central government, which should probe the charges.
"They have already filed an FIR against Khera. Let them probe the matter. We will face the case as it progresses. We have sought probes by the ED or CBI into the allegations," he said.
Sarma added: “Kharge is ageing and is speaking like a ‘pagal’ (madman). You insult the people first and then say will ask the foreign minister (for verification)? Is he your ‘damad’ (son-in-law),” the chief minister said.
“I think Rahul Gandhi had given these documents to Khera, and if that is so, the case will then include Gandhi,” he added.
