Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath asks officials to assess farmers’ losses

VARANASI: Stating that officials in all districts have been asked to assess the losses suffered by farmers during a natural disaster on priority, chief minister Yogi Adityanath asked farmers not to be worried as his government was standing with them.
After distributing a compensation of Rs four lakh to family members of three farmers, who were killed during the recent hailstorm, at a gathering in Karanjakala block of Jaunpur district on Saturday, the CM said that he had personally viewed the losses caused to farms and orchards by the hailstorm in the district.
Yogi, who also distributed compensation among 51 farmers for damage to their crops, said that over 10 lakh farmers of the state have been affected by a series of hail and thunderstorms. He said that the compensation against losses caused to the crops before the festival of Holi has been distributed and now assessment of post-Holi losses is in progress.
He said officials in all districts have been directed to engage maximum teams for loss assessment and payment of compensation under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance scheme. Public representatives have also been asked to camp in villages and motivate farmers apart from helping them in getting benefits of the scheme.
Yogi said that those, who have lost their houses, should also not be worried as the district administration officials have been asked to survey their places and ensure reconstruction of their houses under PM or CM housing schemes. He said that his government was working for giving the benefits of schemes available for farmers, to those engaged in contractual farming and also farm labourers.