Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers seek hike in relief for crop loss

Hisar, February 19Farmers under the banner of All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) staged a demonstration at the Divisional Commissioner’s office for enhanced compensation for damaged crops, disbursement of pending compensation for 2020 and other issues in Hisar on Friday.The farmers gathered at gate number four of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University (HAU) and marched to the mini secretariat. The administration, however, deployed heavy police force and closed the main gate of the mini secretariat.Additional Deputy Commissioner RS Patil went to meet the farmers at the gate of the mini secretariat and accepted their memorandum of demands.The farmers said that they had given some time to the administration to consider their demands. “We will soon meet the Commissioner to press for the demands. We have chalked out a strategy for prolonged agitation in case the government fails to listen to our demands,” said Shamsher Numbardar, district president of the Kisan Sabha.Addressing the farmers, state president of AIKS Phool Singh Sheokand said that the government had announced a compensation of Rs 561 crore for farmers who suffered losses in kharif season 2021, but it is not adequate.“There are several anomalies in this compensation award. Jind district, where farmers lost crops due to inundation, has not got adequate compensation. While the state government’s special girdawari reported 70 to 100 per cent crop loss, the insurance firms which insured the crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna recorded just 30 per cent crop loss,” he alleged.

The Tribune

2022-02-20