Taluks

A total of eight teams, one each for eight taluks, have been formed.

It has been decided that another joint survey will be conducted in the rest of the 51 taluks to ascertain the condition again,” Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told reporters here after chairing the Cabinet sub-committee meeting on drought issues.

The 300 acres of land has been identified for this purpose near the Bengaluru International Airport, in Doddaballapura and Devanahalli taluks,” he had said.

The state Congress government has declared drought in 195 taluks of the state.

The State government will draw up the first list of drought-hit taluks on Monday after the Cabinet sub-committee on drought-related issues meets.

Health officials pointed out that RTPCR tests were conducted in all the taluks of Mysuru district, which accounts for the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the State after Bengaluru.

In 1986, several taluks were declared as Bangalore rural district.

Schools in Sullia, Puttur, Kadaba, Belthangady and Bantwal taluks will remain closed on August 6, an official statement said.

Collector N. Venkatesh said on Monday that enumeration was on at coastal villages in six taluks of the districts, including Thoothukudi, Tiruchendur and Sathankulam, to ascertain the number of fishermen missing in the wake of Cyclone Ockhi.

The South Chennai zone, with its head office at Guindy, will comprise Guindy, Mylapore, Velachery, Alandur and Sholinganallur taluks and 43 revenue villages.

The State government had announced the constitution of new taluks in the 2017-18 budget, and administrative approval was given last September.

With a budget of Rs 185 crore, the state government in October had decided to open 246 Indira Canteens in all the 30 districts of the state and their sub-districts (taluks).