Three Karnataka districts – Gadag, Haveri and Chitradurga – are in the ‘very high climate-risk’.
Bengaluru: Three Karnataka Districts In High Climate Risk: Karnataka is on high-alert as three of its districts have been placed in the ‘very high climate-risk’ category due to the continuous drought situation and growing vulnerability of the state’s rain-fed agricultural regions to climate change.
What Are The Karnataka
Gadag, Haveri and Chitradurga districts are the districts of the southern state that are at the high risk. The classification is based on the national review which is based on sustained threats from erratic rainfall, longer dry spells and rising temperatures that have already started creating problems in farming cycles across North and Central Karnataka.
Who Revealed The Details?
The concerning details were revealed by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur in the lower house of the Parliament. Thakur gave a reply to a question from Davanagere MP Prabha Mallikarjun.
