India News | Hooda Demands Compensation to Haryana Farmers for Crop Damage Due to Rain, Hailstorms
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday demanded immediate compensation to farmers for crop damage due to rain and hailstorms.
Chandigarh, Mar 3 (PTI) Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday demanded immediate compensation to farmers for crop damage due to rain and hailstorms.
He said wheat and mustard crops have suffered heavy damage in 12 districts of the state due to continuous rain and hailstorms for three days in the state and the government should compensate the farmers who suffered losses.
"Wheat crops have been destroyed in the fields. At the same time, mustard has also fallen.
"Apart from this, many crops like animal fodder, vegetables and onion have also suffered heavy damage. Therefore, the government should stop making empty statements and immediately get the 'girdawari' (survey to assess loss) done for the loss suffered by the farmers and give them proper compensation," he said.
The Congress leader said crops had suffered heavy damages in January also due to hailstorms.
"At that time, after the demand was raised by the Congress, the government announced the girdawari but the government neither got it done nor gave compensation," he claimed.
Hooda said 5,299 farmers from 1,763 villages had uploaded the details of 2.6 lakh acres of damaged crops on the government's designated portal but till now the government has not even verified 2.03 lakh acres of crops.
"Similarly, farmers have to face some kind of natural disaster in every season but the government shirks its responsibility," he claimed.
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