Under fire from the Opposition for failing to provide succour to the farmers affected by whitefly attack in the State, the Haryana Government on Thursday announced that the work of disbursing compensation would be started within the next 20 days.
Haryana Agriculture Minister, OP Dhankar on Thursday said that the work of special girdawari to assess the damage caused by whitefly and other pests to cotton, guar, bajra and other Kharif crops is almost complete. And, the work of disbursing compensation would be started within the next 20 days.
Slamming the BJP led Haryana Government, Kiran Choudhry, leader of the Haryana Congress legislature Party (ClP) had recently said that girdawari (crop loss assessment) had been ordered by the Chief Minister about a month ago to assess the loss of the cotton crop due to the whitefly attack but till date, neither the report is out nor the farmers have been paid any
compensation.
According to the reports of the Agriculture Department, pests have damaged Cotton, Bajra and Guar crops in 14 districts including Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Jhajjar, Narnaoul, Palwal, Jind, Panipat, Gurgaon, Rewari, Mewat, Sonipat and Rohtak in the State.