With Uttar Pradesh facing scarce rains this year the Samajwadi Government has identified 44 districts out of the total 75 as drought-hit for which a financial assistance of Rs 6,000 crore would be sought from the Centre.The government will approve the names of the districts in a state cabinet meeting here very soon, a government source said here on Thursday.
He said a proposal to seek a financial assistance of Rs 6,000 crore would also be sought from the Central government to meet calamity.
‘’The financial package to be demanded by the state government contains the compensation to the farmers of their crop loss and subsidy in their agricultural farming,’’ he said adding that fodder for the animals and drinking water along with irrigation facilities would be sought in the package from the Centre. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan said that district officials have been asked to prepare a detail report about the rain deficit districts where drought is looming large.
According to relief commissioner office here, rain fall in 44 districts were less than 50 per cent till August 31. Among the drought-hit districts, 19 have experienced less than 40 per cent rains.
The districts which could be identified as drought-hit are Saharanpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Aligarh, Mathura, Amroha, Rampur, Bareilly, Badaun, Pilibhit, Ferozabad, Etah, Etaah, Mainpuri, Aurriya, Kanpur city,
Kannauj, Farrukhabad, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Unnao, Hardoi, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hardoi, Amethi, Faizabad, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Mau, Azamgarh, Jaunpur and Chandauli.