Over 15,000 farmers of Bhiwani district are still waiting for their compensation amount that was announced in the year 2010 for drought in the district.
Dayanand Punia, secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, said that 15,000 farmers in Bhiwani had lost their crop of Gram on 57,038 acres of land due to drought in the area in 2010. Thereafter, Government had announced a compensation of Rs2,100 per acre to the affected farmers after the survey for compensation was carried out.
“Now, three years have passed, but these farmers are still running from pillar to post to get the compensation from the Government”, added Punia.
He said that according to rules, the department concerned has to give compensation within 90 days after announcement, but now three years have passed due to red- tapism, Punia said.
Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha threatened that if the State Government did not give the already delayed compensation to the farmers, they will register their protest in the month of May at Haryana civil secretariat in Chandigarh.