CM Eknath Shinde to review crop damage caused by unseasonal rain in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is scheduled to chair a meeting on Monday at the Sahyadri Guest House to discuss the agrarian crisis after unseasonal rains wreaked havoc across the stateCM Shinde would also discuss the remedial measures and the issue of compensation to the farmers after crop damagesDeputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will not attend the review meeting as he is visiting Nagpur and AmravatiUnseasonal rains lashed parts of Maharashtra causing heavy damage and deathsIn Maharashtras Akola due to stormy wind and rain a tree fell on a tin shed of Babaji Maharaj Temple premises killing seven people and injuring 23Also Read Yogi Adityanath revived pride of our faith says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde during courtesy visitThe unseasonal rains affected mango kokam cashew crop onion wheat grapes and java plum as per the informationMaharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule would visit Malegaon Satana and Devla to review the damages caused by the rains He will also talk to the farmers about itLast month also the farmers suffered losses after unseasonal rain lashed the Nashik district of Maharashtra Chandori Saikheda Odha Mohadi village etc areas of Niphad division of taluka received unseasonal rains along with strong wind yesterday eveningCrops like wheat gram maize banana and tomato suffered massive damage according to reportsThe current incident of unseasonal rain is not the first of the seasonIn South India in February this year farmers in Tamil Nadus districts of Thanjavur Thiruvarur Nagapattinam and Mayiladudhurai were affected by crop loss due to the incessant rainfallFollowing this the DMKled TN government announced relief funds for the farmers impacted by the loss CM Stalin notified the government announcement detailing that Rs 20000 per hectare will be provided if the yield suffered a loss up to 33 per cent or aboveLast month Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also announced that farmers would be given a relief amount of Rs 32000 per hectare for crop loss of over 50 per cent due to hailstorms and untimely rains in the stateTelangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao recently issued directions to extend financial assistance to farmers for crops damaged due to untimely rains and hailstorms CM KCR announced Rs 10000 compensation per acre to be deposited in the farmers accounts for the damaged cropsEarlier this month Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also reviewed the situation of unseasonal rains and hailstorms in various areas of the state in the past and gave necessary guidelines He gave instructions to officials to assess the loss of crops and distribute compensation to the farmers without delay He also asked the relief commissioner to inform the farmers about the weather forecast and make proper use of the early warning systemIn Punjab to ensure compensation for crop loss to the farmer Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has asked the MLAs and officers to enhance their field visits for expediting the process of Girdawari and redress the problems of farmers The farmers have lost their crops due to incessant rain and hailstormThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever