Raipur, Nov 25: Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday included seven more tehsils in ‘drought-hit’ category, taking to 117 the the total number of tehsils which lost more than 50 per cent crops in the ongoing kharif season in the state.
Keeping in view the interest of farmers bearing the brunt of poor rains, seven more tehsils were declared drought affected in the state, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Premprakash Pandey said.
These tehsils are Premnagar, Odigi and Bhaiyathan of Surajpur district, Jashpur and Bagicha (Jashpur), Dhamdha (Durg) and Bastanar (Bastar).
With this, a total of 117 teshils in 26 districts have been declared drought-affected.
