The Haryana Government has released total compensation of Rs54.02 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 Tuesday said that the Government has so far received 2,077 claims for compensation, including 1,839 from urban areas and 238 from rural areas.
As per the claims, 1,789 properties were damaged. These included 1,500 in urban and 289 in rural areas.
He said that Rs23.31 crore were paid as interim assistance in 1,847 cases. This included payment of Rs21.77 crore in 1,645 cases in urban areas and Rs1.54 crore in 202 cases of rural areas.
The final compensation of Rs27.85 crore was paid to 1,072 claimants in urban areas and of Rs2.86 crore to 190 claimants in rural areas.
Private and Government insurance companies have so far made payments amounting to about Rs11,90,80,869 to those whose insured properties were damaged, he said.
As many as 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.
Haryana had witnessed large scale violence for almost ten days in February with rampaging mobs looting and setting shops on fire, burning government and private buildings and vehicles and clashing with security forces during the Jat quota stir.
A total of 30 people had died, more than 300 people had sustained injuries, including personnel belonging to police and other security forces during the agitation.