Severe drought impacts lives, and will influence the poll in Mandya in south Karnataka
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Krishne Gowda, at Chandrashekara Rice Mill in Keelara, Mandya, South Karnataka, awaits paddy arrivals, which have dwindled due to drought-induced crop reduction. In noon’s lull, the mill stands idle.
Around noon, Krishne Gowda sits idle at his Chandrashekara Rice Mill in Keelara in Mandya district of south Karnataka, waiting for farmers to get their paddy for hulling. Arrivals are down to a trickle following a decline in crop production due to drought.
