Bengaluru, Nov. 3 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister G Parameshwara has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, seeking urgent intervention for the early approval and release of Central drought assistance amounting to Rs 22,400.58 crore to the state.

In separate letters dated November 2, Parameshwara communicated Karnataka's revised cumulative drought-relief requirement of Rs 22,400.58 crore and sought appointments with the three Union leaders to personally present the state's memorandum and explain the extent of the agricultural crisis.

Highlighting the severity of the drought, he said 226 taluks across Karnatak...