Haryana Government has released a total compensation of Rs65.38 crore, including interim and final payments, to those persons whose properties were damaged in the recent Jat agitation in the State.
An official spokesman on Monday said that apart from this, private and Government insurance companies have so far made payments amounting to about Rs12,85,95,845 to the persons whose insured properties were damaged.
He said that the State Government has so far received 2,078 claims for compensation, including 1,826 claims from urban areas and 238 from rural areas. Also, 14 of the claims were not in order.
According to the claims, 1,789 properties, including 1,500 in urban and 289 in rural areas, were damaged. Rs22.37 crore was paid as interim assistance in 1,818 cases. This included payment of Rs20.83 crore in 1,616 cases in urban areas and Rs1.54 crore in 202 cases in rural areas, said he.
The spokesman said that final compensation of Rs43.01 crore was paid to 1,304 claimants. This included Rs40.15 crore to 1,114 claimants in urban areas and Rs2.86 crore to 190 claimants in rural areas.
Recently, the State Government had also released compensation of Rs10 lakh each to the families of nine innocent victims that died during the Jat stir. A total of 30 persons had died while more than 300 persons had sustained injuries during the quota agitation in February.