India, April 30 -- Region's people feel things can't remain same even as other parts of Karnatakahave no waterproblems

Political parties in the northern part of Karnataka, a perpetually drought-prone region, are campaigning in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls without offering any solution to farmers, even as rainfall levels have currently plummeted to the third-lowest in 122 years.

Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in power at the Centre, have patted themselves on the back for managing the drought situation in 2023.

The opposition Congress party's leaders have, on the other hand, accused the central government of holding up drought relief funding.

On April 28, 2024, the Supreme Court passed an order directing the...