Haryana Government has so far released compensation of more than Rs70.99 crore including interim and final payments, to those persons whose properties were damaged in February’s Jat agitation in the State. “The private and Government insurance companies have so far made payments amounting to about Rs34,74,18,375 to the persons whose insured properties were damaged. The Government had received 2,030 claims of which 1,933 have been settled in full,” said an official spokesman on Monday. He said that now, only 97 claims were pending of which 17 claims were for more than Rs12 crore and the remaining 80 were for amounts less than Rs1 crore.
Notably, Haryana had witnessed large scale violence with rampaging mobs looting and setting shops on fire, burning Government and private buildings and vehicles and clashing with security forces during the Jat stir in February.
Following this, more than 2000 FIRs were registered, of which 446 were theft-related, 873 property-related, 16 death-related and 705 were for blockading of roads and encumbrance in Government duty.
A total of 30 persons had died, more than 300 persons had sustained injuries including personnel belonging to police and other security forces during the agitation.