Page 17 - Crop Damage News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Maharashtra farmers agriculture rainfall natural disasters Eknath Shinde BJP Shiv Sena; Maharashtra cabinet helping hand farmers 10 mm rain 5 days considered natural calamity; Maharashtra government include incessant rain ambit natural disaster farmers financial aid crop damage; Maharashtra financial aid farmers more than 65 mm rain hail or no rain; big relief to farmers Maharashtra government change definition natural calamity include incessant rain more than 10 mm rain five consecutive days; continuous unseasonal rain other natural calamities farmers face adversities crop damage poor yield; ...

As per survey in 10 districts of Agra, Bareilly, Varanasi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Unnao, Hamirpur, Jhansi, Chandauli and Prayagraj around 34137 hectare of crop has been damaged due to bad weather.

CM held a high level meeting and gave instructions to officials to assess the loss of crops and distribute compensation to the farmers without delay. He also instructed the relief commissioner to inform the farmers about the weather forecast and make proper use of the early warning system. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Reviews Crop Damage Caused by Unseasonal Rain and Hailstorms.

The weather this season has been unkind to farmers as India has been hit with hailstorms and untimely rain over the past few weeks. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, MP, UP have been hit and as a result, the Rabi harvests have suffered.

KCR also directed the chief secretary to take up measures to frame guidelines for the scheme and issue them at the earliest.