Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Maheshwar Mohanty on Wednesday said all the farmers, whose crops have been affected due to cyclonic storm Phethai, would be compensated after the district Collectors submit the damage assessment reports.
Earlier, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi had asked the Collectors to submit reports on crop damage within a week.
“Though forecast about possible rainfall was disseminated and farmers had taken steps to harvest their crops and preserve the same safely, heavy rain due to cyclone Phethai on December 17 and 18 might have caused damages to standing Kharif crops. Agriculture input subsidy, in prescribed rate as per the norms of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), would be provided to farmers, who have sustained crop loss of 33 per cent and above,” a letter of the SRC to the Collectors stated.
The Collectors were also been directed to submit a list of affected farmers along with their bank account details for disbursement of agriculture input subsidy.
However, the letter clarified that crop lands that were already declared as affected by cyclone Titli, floods, landslide and drought during the current year would not be included in the current assessment.