Haryana Government has paid a total compensation of Rs55.23 crore to those persons whose properties were damaged in the recent Jat quota agitation in the State. It includes both, the interim as well as final payment.
An official spokesman on Monday said that the Government has so far received 2,078 claims for compensation, including 1,840 from urban areas and 238 from rural areas.
He said that 1,789 properties were damaged. These included 1,500 in urban and 289 in rural areas. He said that Rs 23.40 crore were paid as interim assistance in 1,848 cases. This included payment of Rs21.86 crore in 1,646 cases in urban areas and Rs1.54 crore in 202 cases of rural areas. He said that final compensation of Rs28.97 crore was paid to 1,083 claimants in urban areas and Rs2.86 crore to 190 claimants in rural areas.
The private and government insurance companies have so far made payment of about Rs11,95,92,153 to those whose insured properties were damaged. He added that 2,040 FIRs were registered during the agitation, of which 446 were theft-related, 873 property-related, 16 death-related and 705 were for blockading of roads and encumbrance in Government duty.