Pawan seeks ₹35,000 aid for each rain-hit farmer
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Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan has demanded {that a} compensation of a minimum of ₹35,000 (together with a direct help of ₹10,000) must be paid to each farmer whose crops have been broken by Cyclone Nivar.
“If the State government does not act within 48 hours, the JSP will intensify protests,” he advised the media at his residence in Hyderabad on Monday, the place he sat on a ‘deeksha’ as a mark of solidarity with the farmers.
Crop harm
Mr. Pawan stated that crops in additional than 17 lakh acres have been broken by heavy rains and floods, which compounded the woes of farmers who have been reeling below the influence of coronavirus pandemic. He stated that farmers had made a minimal funding of ₹50,000 per acre and a compensation of ₹35,000 would assist them recoup the loss to some extent.
“Even clearing the submerged fields is an expensive proposition. The government should, therefore, come to their rescue without delay,” he stated.
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