Khammam/Hyderabad, March 23 (Maxim News): Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has announced a relief and rehabilitation support of Rs. 10,000 per acre for crops damaged by recent unseasonal rains in Telangana. A total of Rs. 228.25 crores will be released and distribution of the financial assistance will be initiated by the district authorities at the earliest.
Speaking to the media at Ravinutala village of Bonakal mandal in Khammam district, today, the Chief Minister said the financial assistance would be offered equally to all crops. He informed that standing crops in about 2.28 lakh acres were damaged in the state of which maize in 1.29 lakh acres was affected. He said the crop loss report would not be sent to the Centre as a mark of protest for its failure in releasing crop loss assistance to Telangana in the past.
“We don’t want to depend on the Centre as it takes at least six months for it to respond. The Centre has never responded positively in earlier instances when farmers suffered due to the vagaries of nature. We would extend an amount of Rs. 228 crores as relief and rehabilitation support to farmers on behalf of the State government. He directed the Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari to issue necessary orders in this connection.
Steps would be taken to see that tenant farmers would receive the financial support extended by the government by making required amendments in the rules, the Chief Minister said. He added that the decision not to seek assistance from the Central government was taken as the Modi government was known for its anti-farmer policies and the State’s appeals had fallen on deaf ears in the past. (Maxim News)
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