Lucknow, July 21 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that protecting citizens' lives and property, safeguarding farmers' crops, and securing people's livelihood-whether facing flood or drought-are top priorities for the state government.

Chairing a high-level review meeting on the impact of irregular rainfall, Adityanath said district-specific strategies should be adopted to tackle deficient rainfall in some areas and the threat of floods in others.

The chief minister directed officials to maximise the use of canals, reservoirs, government tube wells and other irrigation resources in rain-deficit districts and undertake real-time monitoring of sowing and irrigation to ensure farming activities are not affected.

He also ord...