Rs126 cr released to provide relief to farmers
Bhopal: A sum of Rs126 crore has been released on Friday to five more districts as per demand to provide relief to farmers affected by crop loss due to deficient rainfall. The districts include Ratlam, Bhind, Morena, Alirajpur and Jhabua. A sum of Rs 42 crore has been released to Ratlam, Bhind Rs 2 crore, Morena Rs 29 crore, Alirajpur Rs 20 crore and Rs 33 crore has been released to Jhabua. It is noteworthy that relief worth Rs 1,049.24 crore was released to 22 districts recently.
‘Adopt Humane approach in compensation cases’
Bhopal: Public Relations and Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla has said that humanitarian approach should be adopted with positive viewpoint in disposal of compensation cases. He directed to expeditiously dispose of appellate cases of land acquired from farmers. Shukla was reviewing cases of compensation against land acquisition from residents of villages in Amarpatan and Maihar sub-divisions of Satna district for 4-lane national highway Rewa-lakhnadaun via Jabalpur at Rewa on Friday. Minister Shukla sought information regarding land acquisition, award, supplementary award and distribution of compensation. He is informed about payment of 93 percent in Amarpatan and payment of 78 per cent of compensation in Maihar. It was informed that total 411 cases are pending pertaining to 60 villages of Maihar tehasil and 28 villages of Amarpatan tahasil. The Minister directed to present cases to Rewa Commissioner at the earliest to ensure early distribution of compensation. Former MlA Narayan Tripathi was also present on the occasion.