Naidu seeks compensation to rain-hit farmers
He also wanted to know when the farm products would be purchased by the government
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Ramachandrapuram (East Godavari dist): Former Chief Minister and TDP national president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday demanded Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to announce how much compensation will be paid to the farmers for crop damage in the untimely rains. He wanted to know when the farm products would be purchased by the government.
During a visit to the rain-hit areas where the paddy is being arid that got totally moisturised in the recent heavy rains in Ramachandrapuram Assembly segment, he said he will fight for the cause of farmers.
Some paddy farmers were serious about the negligence by the State Government in coming to their rescue. Demanding the Chief Minister to come out openly on the decision on the crop damage in the recent untimely rains, Naidu said that 40 lakh tonnes of paddy has been harvested in Rabi of which major portion is still in the fields.
Pointing out that the earlier State Governments were paying crop insurance, he alleged the Chief Minister, without paying the insurance premium to the organisation, misled the Assembly that he had already paid the premium.
“When I staged a dharna sitting at the podium inside the Assembly, he paid the premium overnight. Had he paid the insurance premium, the farmers would have got some relief,” said adding the farmers had already suffered during Kharif.
