A group of villagers work in a paddy field at Bokoliaghat, 63 km from Diphu, district headquarters of Karbi Anglong in Assam on July 19, 2009. The Assam government has declared declared 14 of Assam's 27 districts drought-hit, saying agriculture was badly hit due to scanty monsoon rains. There has been a deficit of nearly 30 per cent rainfall from the beginning of June to July 12 — the 14 districts received 414.8 mm of rain in the period compared to an average rainfall of 588.8 mm.
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Hemanta Kumar Nath
[First published: 22 July 2009 | Last updated: 22 July 2009.]