Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that every field affected by hailstorm and excessive rain will be surveyed. Every single affected person will be provided full compensation. He said that all concerning officers should swing into action. Those showing indifference will not be spared.
Chouhan gave these directives after inspecting losses due to hailstorm and excessive rains at Kudila, Purakhera, Garauli and other villages in Khargapur tahsil of Tikamgarh district on Saturday.
The Chief Minister directed officers to provide relief to farmers in natural calamity in the right earnest. He said that officers should leave works of routine administrative nature, reach among farmers and start relief and survey works immediately. Every field should be surveyed with total honesty and humanitarian approach. No error or indifference in this will be tolerated and collectors will be held responsible for it prima facie.
Benefit of crop insurance should be made available to farmers. loan recovery from farmers has been suspended. Private moneylenders should not be allowed to make forcible recoveries from farmers. The farmers who have suffered loss over 50 per cent should be provided wheat and rice at the rate of Rs 1 per kg for next 8 months. Arrangements for seeds and fertilisers for next crop should be made now. Farmers over 50 per cent loss will be considered as 100 per cent loss and they will be provided compensation at the rate of Rs 15,000 per hectare.
Chouhan said that state government stands by hailstorm-affected farmers in this hour of extraordinary crisis. State government will take extraordinary decisions to provide relief to farmers. Ideal crop insurance scheme will be chalked out by state government. A loan Relief Commission will be constituted to deal with such situations. Besides, a Natural Disaster Relief Fund will also be set up to provide immediate relief to farmers. The Chief Minister has urged farmers to have patience and courage. All possible assistance will be provided to them.