Farmers of Jhaneri village, who suffered more than 75 per cent crop loss in April 2017 due to a hailstorm, are yet to get any compensation as revenue officers allegedly prepared a wrong report. The officers recommended compensation for only those farmers who suffered 50 per cent losses. The controversy has stopped the compensation for all farmers. The Bhawanigarh SDM in his report has confirmed that the report of the Revenue Department is incorrect. Sangrur ADC Rajdeep Brar during a meeting with affected farmers in Bhawanigarh on Tuesday announced a fresh probe and assured strict action against guilty officers. “I suffered more than 75 per cent loss of wheat crop. Revenue officers did not include my name for compensation even as the names of all farmers with 50 per cent loss of crop were included in the list. There are 81 affected farmers in our village,” said Parmjit Singh, a farmer of the village. Farmers claimed the hailstorm had affected 749 acres of standing wheat in their village on April 5, 2017. Out of these, 360 acres had suffered above 75 per cent loss of crop and the remaining 389 acres saw a 50-per cent loss of crop. “Officers prepared cheques for owners of 389 acres and ignored the others. When we got to know about this, we got the release of cheques stopped four months back,” said Manjit Singh Gharachon of BKU Ugrahan. When their repeated protests failed to get their issue resolved, farmers announced to launch an agitation in front of the SDM’s office. Bhawanigarh SDM Randeep Singh said he had submitted his report. “The assessment of damage to wheat was not done properly. Today, the Sangrur ADC met farmers in my office and assured them of an inquiry into the matter and rectify the anomalies,” he said. Source - https://www.tribuneindia.com