Gujarat Government on Wednesday declared 81 more villages as 'scarcity-affected' owing to acute water shortage there, an official press release said. With this latest addition, the total number of scarcity-affected villages in Gujarat has reached 1,347. The decision to put these 81 villages of Porbandar district in 'affected' category was taken at a meeting of a sub-committee of ministers formed to assess the scarcity situation. The committee is headed by education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama. Measures are being taken to provide water and cattle-fodder in affected regions, the government stated. Cloudy weather The meteorological department has forecast thunderclouds on Thursday evening or night. "Southwesterly to westerly winds are prevailing at lower levels over the region," said the Meteorological Centre-Ahmedabad. On Wednesday, the city recorded the maximum temperature of 41 degrees celsius.