After strict orders from Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav asking officers to expedite distribution of compensation among farmers whose crop was destroyed in rains officials have start working on war footing identifying farmers and distributing relief money. “I want compensation should be distributed at the earliest. This is the time farmers need our help. If we fail to live up to their expectation it would be bad for us,” Chief Minister had told the officials in a communiqué.
Acting on directives Chief secretary Alok Ranjan issued fresh directives that compensation should be distributed among farmers at the earliest. The state government has released over Rs 1300 crore and till date over Rs 700 crore has been distributed among the farmers. Under the directives of Chief Minister officials of the revenue department have sent a memorandum of Rs 6677 crore to the Union Government seeking help from the Centre.
Chief Secretary has been asked to get in touch with centre to get money released at the earliest. Ranjan said the state government has so far disbursed over Rs 700 crore besides ex-gratioa payment of Rs 3.18 crore has been made to the families who lost their near and dear in rains. “Chief Minister has clarified that no laxity will be tolerated. District magistrates have been made responsible for monitoring the relief work,” he said. Senior minister in Samajwadi party Government Rajendra Chaudhry said that CM has issued warning to 12 DMs who have failed to live up to the expectations of the Government. They have been asked to pull up their socks, he said.
Government claimed the unseasonal rain has damaged crop in 95.173 lakh hectare area spread over in 67 districts. Wheat, pulses, potato and linseed suffered the impact of the loss. Government has also asked banks to re-schedule loans of the affected farmers and send the list to the Director General (Institutional Finance). The districts that have been affected by rains are: Mahoba, Hamirpur, Chitrakut, Pilibhit, Banda, Kannauj, Mirzapur, Allahabad, Saharanpur, Budaun, Azamgarh, Sonbhadra, Unnao, Agra, Kanpur, Amethi, Etawah, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Jhansi, lalitpur, Aurriya, Muzaffarnagar, lakhimpur Khiri, , Pratapgarh, Faizabad, Moradabad, Kanpur Dehat, Rampur, Farrukhabad, Bareilly, Shahajahanpur, Mathura, Kushinagar, Etah, Bulanshahar, Ballia, Gorakhpur, Sambhal, Hapur, GB Nagar, Hathras, Shamli, Mainpuri, Aligarh, Kasganj, Kaushambi, Bahraich, Barabanki, Suntanpur, Baghpat, lucknow, Ghazipur, Ghaziabad, Rae Bareli, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Amroha, Hardoi, Ambedkar Nagar, Mau, Meerut, Sitapur, Deoria, Chandoli and Hardoi.