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Manipur govt resists drought tag
The Telegraph | Imphal, July 24:
More than half of Manipur’s rice cultivable land is dry, but Okram Ibobi Singh’s government is refusing to declare the state drought-hit.
The chief minister is towing Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar’s line. Last evening, the cabinet discussed the prevailing drought-like situation in the state and resolved to make all river lift irrigation stations — under the minor irrigation department — functional.
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