Veteran BJP leader L.K.

More than half of West Bengal is reeling under drought even as the state government on Monday declared 11 districts as drought-hit. Meanwhile, after declaring half of Jharkhand’s 24 districts as drought affected a fortnight ago, governor M.O.H. Farook on Monday declared the entire state as drought-hit following a recommendation from his advisory council in the face of growing demands from the state’s political parties.