Making an appeal to the government to restore power supply in rural areas, former chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday alleged that the severe power outages in villages have affected the farmers very badly in the state.
After his return from the Raichur district tour here, Yediyurappa said, “I personally witnessed how the maladministration of the ruling Congress has affected the farmers adversely in the rural areas.”
“On one hand, the farmers are hit by severe drought while on the other hand, the state government’s unscheduled load shedding has hit them hard. They are struggling to retain their crop by drawing water from their IP sets,” he said.
