Mustard crop over 47,000 hectares has been damaged in south Haryana's Mahendergarh district due to severe cold weather and frost in January.
"The cold weather has adversely affected the crops. The loss, especially to mustard and vegetable crops would be accessed during the girdawari (revenue survey).
As per our reports, mustard has been damaged in 47,000 hectares of area in the district. However, actual loss would be ascertained after the girdawari," Mahendergarh Deputy Commissioner Saket Kumar said today in a release.
He said that the district administration has sent a report to the state government regarding the loss due to frost and taking immediate cognisance on this, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had ordered a 'special girdawari'.
Hooda yesterday ordered a 'special girdawari' in areas of south Haryana to compensate the farmers whose crops have been damaged due to cold weather. The Chief Minister had informed that and a Central team would also visit the affected areas to access the loss to crop.
The Deputy Commissioner said for the first time, the state government has ordered to conduct 'girdawari' to access loss of crop due to frost in districts Bhiwani, Rewari and Mahendergarh.
"It will be for the first time in the state that compensation would be given for the damage to crops due to cold weather. The girdawari would be completed within a week," he said.
The state government had yesterday sought Rs 125 crore compensation for crop loss due to frost in some areas.
Source - http://daily.bhaskar.com/