Bidar farmers preparing for migration, says NGO
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20/08/2009
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Hindu (New Delhi)
Some farmers are considering migrating to other places in search of livelihood owing to the drought in Bidar district, J. Jayaram, chief executive officer of Prawarda, a non-governmental organisation here, has said.
He told The Hindu that he visited a few villages in Basavakalyan taluk of the district recently and found that the crops had failed owing to moisture stress and inadequate rainfall. Those villages were also facing water scarcity.
He said he had received reports that a few farmers were preparing to leave the district in search of better avenues. Mr. Jayaram said that during his visits to Mudbi and Yerandi villages in the taluk, he found that wells were fast drying up.