A woman walks with her children across a parched paddy field in Kathiatoli, 31 km from Nagaon, in Assam on July 28, 2009. All 27 districts of the state have been declared as agricultural drought hit since there was 34 per cent less rainfall this year compared to the same period last year, Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said.
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Hemanta Kumar Nath
[First published: 3 August 2009 | Last updated: 3 August 2009.]