CM visits flood-ruined in Vidarbha: Farmers urged to give Integrated Relief Package

CM visits flood-ruined in Vidarbha: Farmers urged to give Integrated Relief Package  

NAGPUR: 28 JULY 2013

“Yes ground situation in flood-ravaged is very serious as around 80 people died, more than 56 thousands families have been homeless and standing crop in million hector damaged out of which crop under  3 lakhs hector  effected more than 50% as per initial estimates of local administration, all victims who died in rain furry would get Rs 2.5 lakh each and damage to agriculture would be assessed by Sunday evening and a package announced in the Legislature Monday” Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan announced Saturday in Nagpur after touring two places in vidrabha now more than 5 million farmers are keeping high hope with Govt. as part healing touch to debt trapped and distressed farmers who are in the on going Agrarian crisis and epidemic of farm suicides, Kishore Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) informed today .

“Vidarbha rain-flood crisis needs Integrated Relief Package that should address compensation of crop damages to all farmers as rain is till continued and 50% hypothecated crop damage will not reach to the flood victims due to administrative and political corruption  and property ,credit restoration and fresh crop loan to vidarbha  farmers ,food security for all effected families under antyodaya, free health services as region there are wide spread of Dengue,Gastro and viral fever as all private hospitals are over crowded due to complete failure NRHM   and 100% reimbursement of  fees for higher professional education is need of the hour and Monday’s CM announcement for relief package will be in line with urgent need and minimum requirement” Tiwari  urged CM .

Record rain since 2^nd June @ more than 100mm to  200 mm per day has created havoc and most of region which is known as dry land area has been converted in to historic in flood-ravaged areas as region agrarian crisis hit and more are debt trapped and distressed has reported more than 10 thousand farm suicides since 2005 and massive crop failure as per initial report in a million hector due rain furry  and it is that reported due on going rain cotton,soya and paddy under more than 2 million hector is likely damaged calling emergency measure to tackle wet drought in flood-ravaged areas of the region. Many talukas, especially in east Vidarbha, have been badly affected due to very heavy rainfall over the last 52 days. The maximum damage has been to cotton and Soyabean crops. Paddy, which requires lot of water, too is likely to have been damaged and farmers were forced triple-double sowing of costly seed and dosing of fertilizer now in a deep distressed as they arranged it from private money leaders and now even rain stop today crop under 5 million hector yield will not more 50% hence total damges are more than Rs.20,000 crore , Kishore Tiwari of (VJAS) said.

 “We are receiving rain in day that is ten time than we used to get in whole month niether the farmers nor the field is ready to face this massive cloud busting and hostile and helpless administration is adding fuel in the crisis ,it is reported that  east Vidarbha, more than 3.37 lakh hectare, which is over 18% of the total land under cultivation, has been flood hit. The worst affected is Yavatmal district where 20% cropland has been affected by floods caused by the rains. Agriculture officials said that the damage is on the higher side as crop damage is over 50% now Wardha and Chandrapur, Gadchiroli more damages are reported even last year drought hit Buldhana flood has damaged crop as major dams in vidarbha are over flowing causing more damages to crop vidarbha more than 80  casualties of human being reported thousands of cattle died in rain and flood hence we want central intervention declaring wet drought in vidrabha and relief aid to dying farming community of vidrabha” Tiwari urged.   .

“Around 10 Million of population of rural vidrabha are facing rain furry and are not getting food ,electricity and medical health there are wide spread protest and cry but administration is not able to give any aid ,officials till assessing the flood crisis and requisite relief aid is awaiting their survey  that will take another month that  more irritating hence  we want chief minister should visit to flood hit vidrabha and order the relief” Tiwari urged.