Bidar, Kolar, CB Pur hit by drought for fourth year in a row
Bangalore, Oct 29, 2014, DHNS : DECCAN HERALD
Chikkaballapur, Kolar and Bidar districts in the State have been facing drought for the fourth consecutive year. As many as 34 taluks in four to five districts, which have received the drought-hit tag, are facing agricultural, hydrological and meteorological drought. The situation is attributed to the delayed arrival of the southwest monsoon and paucity of rains. Water bodies have not received sufficient rains in these taluks.
At the same time, nine districts have been hit by floods and losses to standing crops and infrastructure facilities such as roads and bridges have been put at around Rs 350 crore.Dr Srinivas Reddy, scientific officer, Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, said that initially 95 taluks were reeling under drought.
But after August 19, due to depression in the Arabian Sea, as many as 12 districts of north-interior Karnataka received heavy rains. “Eleven days of rains have exceeded the cumulative rainfall of three months. It also led to floods,” he pointed out.
But the drought situation continues in all taluks of Bidar, Chikkaballapur and Kolar. “Rainwater harvesting and de-silting of tanks will help in addressing the issue of water scarcity. In the entire State, not more than 1000 tmc of water can be stored. Major dams can store only 850 tmc. Yet, the State faces drought due to the depleting groundwater table and empty/ half-filled tanks,” Reddy said.
According to the disaster monitoring centre report, Bangalore Urban district has not received normal rainfall this monsoon season.
The deficit is 33 per cent. In case of Chintamani in Chikkaballapur, the deficit is as high as 51 per cent.
As for south-interior Karnataka comprising 11 districts, the actual rainfall is 544.4mm compared to the normal rainfall of 495.2 mm, indicating an excess of 10 per cent. North-interior Karnataka (12 districts) has recorded a deficit of (-) 8 per cent, the Malnad region an excess of 4 per cent and the coastal region (-) 4 per cent.
The State on the whole has received one per cent less than the normal rainfall.
Bangalore, Oct 29, 2014, DHNS : DECCAN HERALD
Chikkaballapur, Kolar and Bidar districts in the State have been facing drought for the fourth consecutive year. As many as 34 taluks in four to five districts, which have received the drought-hit tag, are facing agricultural, hydrological and meteorological drought. The situation is attributed to the delayed arrival of the southwest monsoon and paucity of rains. Water bodies have not received sufficient rains in these taluks.
At the same time, nine districts have been hit by floods and losses to standing crops and infrastructure facilities such as roads and bridges have been put at around Rs 350 crore.Dr Srinivas Reddy, scientific officer, Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, said that initially 95 taluks were reeling under drought.
But after August 19, due to depression in the Arabian Sea, as many as 12 districts of north-interior Karnataka received heavy rains. “Eleven days of rains have exceeded the cumulative rainfall of three months. It also led to floods,” he pointed out.
But the drought situation continues in all taluks of Bidar, Chikkaballapur and Kolar. “Rainwater harvesting and de-silting of tanks will help in addressing the issue of water scarcity. In the entire State, not more than 1000 tmc of water can be stored. Major dams can store only 850 tmc. Yet, the State faces drought due to the depleting groundwater table and empty/ half-filled tanks,” Reddy said.
According to the disaster monitoring centre report, Bangalore Urban district has not received normal rainfall this monsoon season.
The deficit is 33 per cent. In case of Chintamani in Chikkaballapur, the deficit is as high as 51 per cent.
As for south-interior Karnataka comprising 11 districts, the actual rainfall is 544.4mm compared to the normal rainfall of 495.2 mm, indicating an excess of 10 per cent. North-interior Karnataka (12 districts) has recorded a deficit of (-) 8 per cent, the Malnad region an excess of 4 per cent and the coastal region (-) 4 per cent.
The State on the whole has received one per cent less than the normal rainfall.