TAMLUK, 17 AUG: The CPI-M ruled state government may not have included Midnapore East in the list of drought-hit districts, but this area too is facing severe drought-like situation with 18 out of 25 blocks receiving more than 35 percent deficit in rainfall this monsoon.
The Trinamul Congress has demanded that Midnapore East be declared a drought-hit district in view of crop loss following defi
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