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| Manmohan demands market rate compensation for hailstorm affected farmers | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 23: Manmohan Singh, President All India Jat Maha Sabha today sought adequate compensation as per the market rates of the produce for the hailstorm affected farmers in Jammu region saying that today’s heavy downpour has damaged various types of ready to be harvested standing crops at the earliest thus dashing all their hopes to ground.
Expressing his deep concern over the massive destruction caused to the standing crops across Jammu, Manmohan said that the heavy hail and windstorm today dashed their hopes to ground especially in view of the fact that this year’s crop was a bumper crop and farmers were expecting to make good all their previous losses now.
Manmohan said that today’s unprecedented hailstorm played havoc not only to ready to harvest crop but also vast areas where seeds had been sown for new crop that all went down the drain leaving the farmers in a hapless situation.
He appealed Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to direct the concerned officers of the agriculture and revenue authorities to assess the quantum of colossal loses so that volume of compensation and relief to be provided to the victim farmers could be worked out at the earliest. |
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