The Supreme Court has come down heavily on Gujarat and Haryana governments for what it termed as non-seriousness in dealing with the issue of drought. A bench comprising Justices MB Lokur and NV Ramana pulled up both the state governments for filing shoddy statistics on the drought-hit areas.<br/><br/>During the hearing, the Gujarat government told the court that 526 villages in three districts were declared as drought-affected. It also said, National Food Security Act has been implemented and a notification was issued in this regard from April 1st. The court, then, asked Gujarat why it waited till April 1st to declare drought, to which the state government replied that local polls had delayed the declaration. The court asked them whether all work would stop in case there are elections.<br/><br/>Bihar government told the court that there was no drought like situation in the state and all kinds of help was being given in areas where deficient rainfall has been experienced. The apex court had earlier pulled up the Centre for not releasing adequate funds to states for MGNREGA and asked it to give details of expenditure on the scheme in drought-hit states, saying relief has to be provided now and not after one year.