The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has welcomed the decision of the State Government to increase the compensation from Rs 50,000 to Rs 4 lakh for the kins of those who die of snakebite or by drowning.
BJP’s State president and parliamentarian Nandkumar Singh Chouhan has stated that several farmers die after being bitten by snake or other poisonous insects. The decision of increasing the compensation amount for the families of the deceased people shows the sensitivity of the State Government.
Chouhan said that a lot of people die by drowning in the water bodies every year. From now onwards, the families of the people, who have died due to these reasons would get Rs 4 lakh as the compensation. Similarly, the State Government would also provide compensation to the people if their wells or tube wells got destroyed due to any natural calamities.
The people would get the compensation of Rs 25,000 for natural calamities. The Government has provided relief to the farmers and the poor people through this decision, he added.
Chouhan further added the farmers of the State would also be benefitted by the fruit-sapling plantation scheme on the banks of the river Narmada. Farmers would get financial assistance of Rs 20 thousand per hector for 3 years. This would benefit the farmers and would make the river Narmada clean and pure. The scheme would also make river Narmada pollution free.
This scheme would change the environment of the state and would increase the greenery.