Rashme Sehgal
Aug. 31: Drought conditions across practically half the country are as severe as the two consecutive droughts faced by the country in 1965-66 when hundreds of people died of starvation in Bihar alone claims Dr Pronab Sen, secretary, ministry of statistics and programme implementation.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/drought-severe-65-66
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-statistics-and-programme-implementation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india