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Prime VIP
Patiala, July 10
Five flood-affected districts of Punjab -- Patiala, Ludhiana, Mohali, Ropar and Sangrur -- have suffered a loss of Rs 350 crore due to the floods. Giving this information, DS Guru, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, and Romila Dubey, Financial Commissioner Revenue, said that about 1.9 lakh acres of land under cultivation had suffered damage. After visiting the flood-hit villages of the Devigarh block, including Ojha, Adaltiwala, Brahmpura and Chapara, on the Patiala-Haryana border, Guru and Dubey told mediapersons that at present there were 25 villages in Devigarh which were marooned by breaches in the Ghaggar and Tangri rivulets and were the worst affected.
The two said the crop damage was worth about Rs 100 crore whereas Rs 200 crore loss had been assessed in terms of damage to roads and other infrastructure in the five flood-hit districts. “Compensation of Rs 5,000 per acre will be given to the farmers whose crops have suffered 70 per cent damage. For damage varying from 50 to 70 per cent, the compensation amount will be Rs 3,000 per acre, whereas for damage less than 50 per cent, compensation of Rs 2,000 per acre will be given after the process of special Girdawri is complete,” they informed. Guru also said that the state government was giving compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the family of those who lost a family member because of the floods.
While stating that as many as 25 breaches in the Ghaggar were identified, he added, “It will take time to plug the breaches, which are extremely wide.”
“Cattle feed, drinking water and food is being supplied in every flood-affected village,” claimed Dubey, while adding that directions had been issued to the Public Works Department to assess the loss of the roads that got damaged due to the floods.
Five flood-affected districts of Punjab -- Patiala, Ludhiana, Mohali, Ropar and Sangrur -- have suffered a loss of Rs 350 crore due to the floods. Giving this information, DS Guru, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, and Romila Dubey, Financial Commissioner Revenue, said that about 1.9 lakh acres of land under cultivation had suffered damage. After visiting the flood-hit villages of the Devigarh block, including Ojha, Adaltiwala, Brahmpura and Chapara, on the Patiala-Haryana border, Guru and Dubey told mediapersons that at present there were 25 villages in Devigarh which were marooned by breaches in the Ghaggar and Tangri rivulets and were the worst affected.
The two said the crop damage was worth about Rs 100 crore whereas Rs 200 crore loss had been assessed in terms of damage to roads and other infrastructure in the five flood-hit districts. “Compensation of Rs 5,000 per acre will be given to the farmers whose crops have suffered 70 per cent damage. For damage varying from 50 to 70 per cent, the compensation amount will be Rs 3,000 per acre, whereas for damage less than 50 per cent, compensation of Rs 2,000 per acre will be given after the process of special Girdawri is complete,” they informed. Guru also said that the state government was giving compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the family of those who lost a family member because of the floods.
While stating that as many as 25 breaches in the Ghaggar were identified, he added, “It will take time to plug the breaches, which are extremely wide.”
“Cattle feed, drinking water and food is being supplied in every flood-affected village,” claimed Dubey, while adding that directions had been issued to the Public Works Department to assess the loss of the roads that got damaged due to the floods.
