Jamshedpur, Aug. 9: The forest department has extended a helping hand to the farmers of Pipla and Bhagabandh villages in drought-hit East Singhbhum district under the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a frontal agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Recently, the department started a lift irrigation project in both the villages covering 10 hectares of land.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/un-help-dry-villages
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/telegraph-ranchi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/purba-singhbhum
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-relief
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/starvation