Summary:
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has the third highest area under desertification in the country. The same in the last eight years increased by nearly 1.85 lakh hectare of 0.94% of the total geographical area. Around 52% of the total geographical area of 1.96 crore hectares in the state is under desertification. Of the 1.85 lakh hectare land, there has been water erosion of 71,398 hectare of land. The state is only better than Jharkhand and Rajasthan..