Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Rampal Singh reviewed losses due to hailstorm at a meeting at Mantralaya on Monday. Singh said that the State Government stands by the farmers in this hour of crisis. All possible assistance will be provided to affected farmers after conducting field-wise survey, which will be undertaken jointly by employees and officers of Agriculture and Revenue departments. Patwaris will paste assessment of farmer-wise loss at Gram Panchayat buildings so that every villager can watch it and it can be improved if there is error of omission. lists will be disposed of within 24 hours.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed all divisional commissioners and collectors to visit hailstorm-affected villages. The Revenue Minister directed that entry of farmers’ crop losses should not be made with pencil. Compensation to farmers should be deposited in their bank accounts. So far, information about losses has been received from 762 villages in 15 districts and is yet to come from remaining areas.
According to sources, 141 villages have been affected in Rewa district, Seoni 45, Neemuch 80, Burhanpur 2, Betul 48, Rajgarh 100, Ujjain 25, Gwalior 30, Shivpuri 50, Guna 70, Ashok Nagar 70, Vidisha 40, Sheopur 30, Morena 20 and 11 villages have been affected in Ratlam.