Gandhinagar, Oct. 26 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken a sensitive decision to declare four districts that received low and delayed rainfall as drought-affected to support farmers and Animal Husbandry farmers.

Speaking to the media in Gandhinagar in the presence of Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani, the Chief Minister said that the State Government had decided to declare these districts drought-affected after completing the required procedures as per the Government of India's Drought Manual Guidelines, 2016, and holding high-level meetings.

He said that Gujarat received around 89% of its average rainfall this year. However, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Kutch and Jamnagar districts received comparatively less rainfall. ...