Compensation for the farmers who had incurred crop loss owing to failure of North-east Monsoon would be provided at their doorsteps, said Minister for Dairy Development K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji. After inspecting various places in the district to assess crop loss faced by the farmers on Monday, Mr. Bhalaji said the assessment work of crop loss was undertaken by officials of the district under the direct supervision of Collector A. Sivagnanam. “The assessment would be carried out minutely and compensation ensured to all the farmers who faced loss,” he said. Mr. Bhalaji said 10 per cent of the total villages that had faced crop loss would be inspected by various teams of officials. They would incorporate the details of the crop loss in Bhuvan app with all minute details. The Minister said Virudhunagar district had recorded a 59 per cent deficit rainfall during the monsoon, and storage in waterbodies went down significantly. The crops sown expecting good rainfall under the North-east Monsoon withered now. Senior IAS officer and district monitoring officer S. Krishnan, Tenkasi MP Vasanthi Murugesan, MLAs G. Subramanian and Chandra Prabha were among those who visited the fields across the district. Source - http://www.thehindu.com