Enumeration of crop loss tardy: Lokesh
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TDP nationwide common secretary N. Lokesh on Saturday requested the YSRCP authorities to finish enumeration of the loss inflicted on the farmers by Cyclonic Nivar and supply liberal compensation to them.
Visiting the flooded farms within the Chirala and Parchur Assembly constituencies together with Parchur MLA Yeluri Sambasiva Rao and others, Mr. Lokesh stated every farmer had been saddled with a debt of greater than ₹6 lakh because the cyclone destroyed, amongst different crops, paddy and chilli. Input subsidy to the growers must be enhanced to not less than ₹25,000 per hectare, he added.
Consoling a gaggle of farmers who confirmed moist paddy to the visiting leaders, Mr. Lokesh stated it was unlucky that the enumeration of crop loss was going at a snail’s tempo. “What has happened to the village secretariat system? What are the village volunteers doing?” he requested.
In distinction, the TDP authorities had accomplished evaluation of crop loss speedily and ensured compensation to the coconut and cashewnut growers affected by the very extreme cyclonic storm Titli in 2018 in simply 28 days, he stated.
Crop insurance coverage
He took a dig on the YSRCP authorities for belatedly paying crop insurance coverage premium. Tenant farmers, who grew chilli hoping for good returns going by the earlier yr’s expertise, had been the worst-hit by Nivar, and had been ruing their destiny for shedding the crop, Mr. Lokesh stated after visiting a farm at Annambotlavaripalem village.
The ‘rythu bharosa’ promised for the tenant farmers by the YSRCP authorities remained solely on paper, he alleged.
The authorities had not saved its promise of asserting minimal assured value earlier than the beginning of the cropping season to assist the farmers take a well-informed resolution as to what crop they need to develop, he charged. The authorities additionally failed to make sure remunerative value for all of the crops, he stated.
Mr. Lokesh additionally criticised the federal government for not absolutely spending the allocation made for agriculture. Though greater than ₹3,500 crore had been allotted for agriculture within the finances, solely ₹500 crore was spent, he alleged.
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