Haryana Government has so far received 2,085 claims for compensation from those persons whose properties were damaged during the Jat quota agitation in the State and has released total compensation of Rs 49.47 crore.
Full payment to the tune of Rs 27.20 crore has been made to 1,698 claimants. Payment for the remaining claims would soon be made, said an official spokesman on Sunday.
He said that according to the claims received, as many as 1,789 properties, including 1,500 in urban areas and 289 in rural areas, were damaged during the agitation.
He said that out of the total 2,085 claims received, 1,847 were received from urban areas and 238 from rural areas. Interim compensation of Rs 22.27 crore has been made to 1,835 claimants. This includes Rs 20.73 crore paid to 1,633 claimants in urban areas and Rs 1.54 crore to 202 claimants in rural areas. He said that Rs 24.34 crore were paid as final compensation to 1,508 claimants in urban areas and Rs 2.86 crore to 190 claimants in rural areas.
The spokesman said that private and government insurance companies have so far made payments amounting to about Rs 8,14,22,096 to the persons whose insured properties were damaged.
He said that 2,040 FIRs were registered during the Jat agitation, of which 446 were theft-related, 873 property-related, 16 death-related and 705 were for blockading of roads and encumberance in Government duty.
During the Jat quota stir last month, the worst affected districts were Rohtak, Jind, Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Hisar where the properties worth crores were damaged by the violent agitators
The rioters had set several showrooms, outlets, other business establishments, schools and houses on fire, causing a heavy loss in the four districts, which are part of Rohtak division.
Haryana had suffered losses of Rs 650 on account of burning and destroying of public and private property due to Jat stir. A total of 30 persons died, 320 persons sustained injuries including 72 personnel belonging to police and other security forces.