Gujarat Government has declared yet another 623 villages of four different districts as drought affected on Wednesday. last week the State Government had declared 527 villages as partially drought affected.
“Considering the situation of shortage of drinking water and fodder, the State Government has declared 623 villages of four districts as drought-affected,” said the State Education Minister, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama,
The decision was taken after the report of a Cabinet sub-committee formed by the Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. The sub-committee was constituted in March to take stock of the situation. It had suggested appropriate measures to tackle the situation also.
Among the 623 villages as many as 64 comes under coastal Porbandar district, 190 falls in Jamnagar district and 68 and 301 villages are of Dev Bhoomi Dwarka and Kutch districts. The State Government has also assured that wherever required arrangement of water tankers needed, would be made to provide drinking in these villages.
The State Government has also sought details about the drought condition from the district collectors of other districts, including Banaskantha, Patan and Amreli. A decision on these districts will be taken at the next meeting of the committee.
On last Thursday the state government had declared 527 villages falling under Rajkot, Jamnagar and Dev Bhoomi Dwarka districts as partially drought affected. According to the State Government there is no shortage of drinking water or fodder in these villages.