Assam CM urges Agri dept to tide over drought-like situation

In view of the drought-like situation prevailing in some districts of Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asked Agriculture Department Secretary Amlan Barua to come up with measures to tide over the situation.
The Chief Minister asked Barua to submit a detailed report to him regarding necessary steps, official sourcesd said.
Agriculture Minister Nilamani Sen Deka also at a meeting with senior officials of his department took stock of the situation prevailing in the eight districts following scanty rainfall.
The Agriculture Minister directed the officials to take all possible measures to cope with the situation and sought detailed reports from the district Deputy Commissioners and the agriculture officials of the affected districts, the sources said.

More than 60 per cent of the agriculture land of the state has been already tilled by the farmers, barring some parts of Barak and Brahmaputra valley, they added.