The Director of Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Dr.G S Srinivas Reddy has said that there is a paradigm shift in tackling natural calamities after Union Home Ministry sanctioned money under State Disaster Response Mitigation Fund. The Met department forecasting 85 percent probability of moonsoon. This is good news for farmers but good rains also mean the probability of floods. Hence Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre is geared up for meeting any eventualities due to excessive rains this year.<br />'' <br />''The Director of Monitoring Centre Dr. G S Srinivas Reddy informed AIR that introduction of State Disaster Response Mitigation Fund by the Central Government is a game changer in effectively preparing for any natural calamities.<span style="color: #222222;"> Dr.Srinivas Reddy informed that the District administration has been briefed by the Advisory Committee of Revenue department to take up works using State Disaster Response Mitigation Fund. </span><br />