Drought  

Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam requested the Centre to release funds under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
 

Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy has access to five-star facilities in a drought-hit village for his village-stay programme in Yadgir district

Farmer commits suicide after recording a selfie video, requesting the chief minister to attend his funeral and asked him to supply water to the lakes of Santhe Bachalli which is affected by drought. Here is how the chief minister Kumaraswamy reacted.

‘You did not visit the district even when ministers from the coalition government and a drought inspection team arrived from the Centre. At least visit our district now,’ a Bagalkot youth from Karnataka questioned Siddaramaiah 

 

The Karnataka chief minister informed Modi that the state was facing drought this year too because of 45% shortfall in rain.

Sources from the Congress say that Siddaramaiah is visibly upset with the people of Bagalkote for voting his party out in the recently-contested Lok Sabha election in Karnataka. Parched people of Badami wrote several letters to Siddaramaiah, but received no response.

Following the belief that children dancing after drinking neem juice will appease the rain God, thousands of devotees in Sira, Tumakuru organised the event where more than 50 children danced and prayed for rains.

Two frogs - Varuna and Varsha - were made to marry each other in Udupi, Karnataka, in a ritual that is expected to bring in rainfall.

The Karnataka Muzrai Department has directed temples under its purview to conduct religious rituals (Parjanya Japa) to appease the rain gods as several parts of Karnataka have been reeling under the effect of drought without sufficient water to drink
 

At a time when the world is gearing up to celebrate World Environment Day, citizens of Chennai and Bengaluru face the wrath of harming Mother Nature. Chennai residents have begun considering moving cities, in a bid to evade water crisis.

Bhopal mayor Alok Sharma said, “The municipal corporation is monitoring the situation and we will ensure supply of water through tankers in affected areas"

The Muzrai Department in Karnataka has issued a circular to the temples under its limits, asking them to perform Parjanya, a ritual to appease the “rain god” after most districts in the state were declared drought-hit.
 

Raichur villagers have a tough time as they are neither able to stay back and work on their fields nor leave their village.
 

Despite the entire village going dry during summer, three wells of Gowdawada in Karwar, Karnataka, have never gone dry and are serving the residents of the village from March to May

Karnataka BJP posted a tweet which welcomed chief minister Kumaraswamy back to the city and also questioned if he would take a look at the city's collapsing infrastructure and state's drought situation.