Siddanagowda Policepatil, president of Yadgir Zilla Panchayat, has cautioned the officials of Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company in Yadgir that electricity supply to the pumpsets which are supplying drinking water to the rural areas should not be disrupted during the summer season.
Chairing the monthly meeting of the Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) review committee held at Zilla Panchayat auditorium in Yadgir recently, Mr. Policepatil has suggested to Gescom officials that defunct electrical power transformers, if any identified, be replaced immediately and ensure that electricity supply to the pumpsets was not disrupted due to transformer related issues.
During a discussion with officials of Agriculture Department, Mr. Policepatil said that the Zilla Panchayat will request the State government to release compensation to the farmers whose jowar crop was damaged by unseasonal rains recently. Therefore, officials should submit crop damage reports immediately, he added.
Chetana Patil, Joint Director of Agriculture Department, has said that the average rainfall that has been received by the district was 37.8 mm and according to eyesight survey conducted by the officials, the jowar crop in 578 hectares of the total sown area of 41,800 hectares, has been damaged.
A detailed assessment on crop losses report would be submitted at the earliest, she added.
Dr. Patil informed the house that loss by the unseasonal rain was minimal as more than 90 per cent of harvesting had been completed till rain was received.
Mr. Policepatil and P. Sunilkumar, Chief Executive Officer, who was present in the meeting, suggested the Family and Health Department officials to give top priority in providing medical treatment to the patients suffering from swine flu.
