Telangana: Comprehensive drought report to be ready by Oct-end: Sanjay Jaju

Hyderabad, Oct 6 (UNI) Telangana Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju has directed officials to prepare a comprehensive report on drought conditions prevailing in the state due to the impact of El Nino. He held a review meeting on the State Disaster Management Department at the Dr B R Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat on Tuesday. Officials informed the meeting that preliminary assessments indicated severe drought conditions in 320 mandals across 18 districts due to El Nino. Jaju directed officials to collect comprehensive data from the Planning, Revenue, Groundwater, Agriculture, Panchayat Raj and Rural Water Supply departments and identify drought-affected mandals as per…