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2,381 villages declared scarcity-hit [1]

The Rajasthan Government on Thursday declared 2,381 villages in 10 districts as scarcity-hit following extensive damage to rabi crops caused by frost and cold wave earlier this year. The maximum number of 1,722 such villages are in Jaipur, followed by 249 in Sriganganagar, 178 in Jhalawar, 103 in Tonk, 43 in Nagaur, 29 in Jodhpur, 25 in Sawai Madhopur, 14 in Bikaner, 13 in Sikar and five in Jaisalmer.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2008
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Storms [4], Rajasthan [5], Bikaner (D) [6], Jaipur (D) [7], Jaisalmer (D) [8], Jhalawar (D) [9], Jodhpur (D) [10], Nagaur (D) [11], Sawai Madhopur (D) [12], Sikar (D) [13], Tonk (D) [14]
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jhalawar-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jodhpur-d
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagaur-d
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sawai-madhopur-d
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sikar-d
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tonk-d