Oppn criticises Union agri minister over no compensation announcement to rain-affected farmers in Maharashtra
Pune: A day after Union agriculture minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
visited Pune city, the opposition criticised him, claiming that the minister made several announcements but did not announce any compensation for the farmers of the state who faced losses due to recent heavy rain.
The state witnessed unusually heavy rain in May, causing damage to crops like onion, bananas and vegetables.
While the state govt has assured help to the distressed farmers, members of the opposition said since the Union agriculture minister was in the state, he should have announced some aid.
"The agriculture minister spoke about using technology to improve production and to give clean saplings to farmers. We are not against the use of technology in agriculture, but at the moment, the priority should have been announcing immediate compensation to farmers who incurred huge losses due to heavy rain," Raju Shetti, founder of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, said.
The state govt has announced panchanama of all farms that suffered damages due to the heavy rain. The opposition members, however, said the process of evaluation of damage should finish fast, and the govt should start providing actual compensation.
"We have not witnessed such heavy rain in May. The number of farmers affected by this rain is not many, and therefore, there should not be a problem in providing them compensation.
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Ample funds are available with the central govt under National Disaster Response Funds, which Chouhan could have utilised to provide relief to farmers. However, he did not make any such announcement, which is quite unfortunate," Shetti said.
The Congress party has also criticised the central govt for neglecting the farmers' issues.
State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave 16 promises to farmers, including farm loan waiver, giving MSP, and others. PM Modi and his party have forgotten their promises after forming the govt, but we have not forgotten our farmers. We will continue to raise their issues."
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