Mangalore, May 26: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president B Janardhana Poojary today appealed to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to visit drought-affected areas in the country to study the situation. The people are suffering due to drought and facing severe problems and the Prime Minister had not visited any drought-hit areas, he told reporters here. Poojary said the state government was making all efforts to deal with the situation and it expected the same from the Centre. Demanding financial assistance from the Centre, Poojary said the state government would submit a report to the Centre on the drought-situation soon.

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