Telangana Assembly seeks Centre's aid to tackle rainfall deficit

Hyderabad, Sep 18 (UNI) The Telangana Legislative Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted draft resolutions urging the union Government to provide immediate financial and other assistance to the state to address the prevailing rainfall-deficit conditions and undertake relief and mitigation measures. The resolutions, moved by Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, sought an early Central team visit to Telangana to assess the El Niño situation at the field level and adequate assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), besides immediate release of the Centre's share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). The Assembly also sought assistance for crop loss, input…