Uttar Pradesh Government has declared eight districts, seven of them in Bundelkhand region, as drought-hit, even as Congress and BJP attacked the ruling SP, saying the decision should have been taken "long ago".
The decision was taken last night, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The districts declared are — Banda, Mahoba, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Jalaun, lalitpur, all falling in Bundelkhand region, and Kanpur for the rabi crop session, he said.
Meanwhile, the BJP and the Congress on Wednesday lashed out at the Uttar
Pradesh Government for having a non-serious attitude towards the water scarce Bundelkhand region.
"The State Government has been misleading the people by launching a canard that the Centre is not extending relief package to Bundelkhand but it has failed to promptly declare the districts falling in this region as drought-hit which was done only last night", BJP spokesman Harishchand Srivastava said.