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Eight districts in state may be declared drought-affected [1]

In an unseemly hurry the state finance minister, Mr Asim Dasgupta, today
announced that the state government would declare eight districts
drought-affected if there is a rainfall deficit till 15 August which is the
deadline for paddy transplantation.

Publication Date: 
06/08/2010
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Droughts [3], Natural Disasters [4], West Bengal [5], Bankura (D) [6], Howrah (D) [7], 24 Parganas (N) [8], Purulia (D) [9], Disaster Management [10], Farmers [11], Floods [12]

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