Haryana Finance and Revenue Minister Capt. Abhimanyu on Friday said it was for the first in the history of Haryana when any Government is giving a relief of about Rs2,000 crore to the farmers. He added that for the first time the girdawari work at such a large scale has been completed in a record time and the cheques of compensation amount of Rs1,092 crore for the crop damage on 13.33 lakh acres land has been sent to all the Deputy Commissioners within 48 hours.
Interacting with the media persons after distributing cheques of compensation amount to the affected farmers at Panchkula, he said cheque of compensation amount would be distributed to farmers by May 15. As many as 500 special patwaris have been appointed for early distribution of cheques to the affected farmers and added that this whole work would be video graphed so as to check any irregularity.
He said that earlier, it took a year or more to distribute compensation for damage to crops due to any natural calamity. The Minister said that opposition parties were misleading the farmers. He appealed to the farmers to have faith in the Government and assured that the Government is with them. He said that as per the commitment of the Government, the farmers have been provided with cheques of minimum Rs500.