In the interest of farmers hit by drought, the Chhattisgarh Cabinet on Tuesday decided to declare seven more tehsils, which recorded yield of less than Rs 50, as drought-affected.
Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Prem Prakash Pandey informed the Cabinet that to facilitate farmers affected by drought, seven more tehsils in four districts have been declared as drought-hit. These tehsils are Premnagar, Odigi and Bhaiyathan of Surajpur district, Jashpur and Bagicha
(Jashpur), Dhamdha (Durg) and Bastanar (Bastar).
A decision in this regard was taken in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at his official residence during evening hours here.
As per the provision of Revenue Book Circular 6-4, compensation will be distributed to farmers of drought-hit tehsils by next month, Pandey informed the Cabinet, adding that specific directives in this regard have been given to collectors of respective districts.
In the wider interest of drought affected farmers, the Cabinet has decided to provide 1500 unit extra electricity without any cost to them.
Mineral corpus should be utilized in development of infrastructure like rail and roads, said Pandey and further elaborated that the amount will be around Rs 600 crore.