New Delhi: A day after the Samajwadi Party (SP) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of sending an empty water train to the drought-hit Budelkhand region, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the water crisis. Yadav apprised the Prime Minister of the work done by the state government for farmers and drought-affected areas. Nearly 50 districts are facing drought in Uttar Pradesh which is reeling under acute water scarcity.

Villagers try to catch fish in a pool at the shrunken Mansaita River near Allahabad. Pic/AFP