*Protest held by NC workers
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 23: Former Minister and senior National Conference (NC) leader, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today demanded that the loss of paddy crop due to recent untimely rains in Jammu be declared as natural calamity and the affected farmers be given adequate compensation.
Sadhotra was addressing NC workers during a protest dharna organized at Marh by party workers of Marh and Mandal blocks of Marh Assembly Constituency. The protest was organized to project the burning problems of Kisans due to untimely heavy rains.
The former Minister said since BJP Government has come to power at the centre, the problems of farmers have increased many folds and Government has become deaf and blind towards the genuine problems of the problems.
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He said that the farmers could not harvest paddy crop timely due to untimely heavy rains due to which the crop has become black and there is no taker, even Food Corporation of India (FCI) has refused to take. It has caused huge loss to farmers.
“Already cost of farming is very high as labour and inputs have shoot up. Mostly, farmers depend on crop for making their social needs of the family and society like education of children, marriages of their children, construction of their houses and other needs. This huge loss to crops has made farmers disgusted and Government has turned deaf and dumb to the genuine and just problems of the farmers,” he added.
The NC leader termed the Prime Minister Fasal Bhima Yojna as biggest scam and demanded CBI probe in the matter as he alleged that farmers do not know for how much their crop has been insured, which is the company and never got Insurance certificate.
Sadhotra demanded that Paddy Crop damage be declared as natural calamity and compensation be given on the basis of 100% loss of crop. He also demanded that loss of vegetables be also adequately compensated, free wheat seed and fertilizers be given to farmers to sow next crop and involve farmers in marketing process to avoid middle man.
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