Minister Patil visits rain-hit areas in Jalgaon & Chopda talukas
Gulabrao Patil
visited the rain-hit villages in Jalgaon and Chopda talukas of
Jalgaon district
on Thursday.Crops — including banana, papaya, maize, jowar, bajra, onion, and vegetables — and orchards on 7,235 hectares in parts of Jalgaon district were damaged in the last two days due to
unseasonal rain
.
Patil reviewed the crop damage and interacted with farmers during his visit in some villages. Patil instructed the state agriculture department to complete the panchnama of the crop damage immediately so that farmers would get the compensation at the earliest. He also told the crop insurance companies to provide compensation to farmers whose crops were damaged due to the rain. District superintendent agriculture officer of Jalgaon district, Kurban Tadvi, MLA Chandrakant Sonawane, district collector Ayush Prasad, and other officials were present during Patil's visit.
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The unseasonal rains hit parts of Jalgaon district on May 6 and 7, affecting the crops and orchards on 7,235 hectares in 588 villages in the district, involving 12,228 farmers. A maximum of 1,500 hectares of crops were damaged in Jalgaon taluka alone, followed by Chopda (1,000 hectares), Chalisgaon (723 hectares), and Yawal taluka (450 hectares) of the district. Of the total 7,235 hectares, bananas were damaged on 4,279 hectares alone, while other crops were damaged on the remaining 2,956 hectares. Nashik: The state water supply and district guardian minister, Gulabrao Patil visited the rain-hit villages in Jalgaon and Chopda talukas of Jalgaon district on Thursday.Crops — including banana, papaya, maize, jowar, bajra, onion, and vegetables — and orchards on 7,235 hectares in parts of Jalgaon district were damaged in the last two days due to unseasonal rain. Patil reviewed the crop damage and interacted with farmers during his visit in some villages. Patil instructed the state agriculture department to complete the panchnama of the crop damage immediately so that farmers would get the compensation at the earliest. He also told the crop insurance companies to provide compensation to farmers whose crops were damaged due to the rain. District superintendent agriculture officer of Jalgaon district, Kurban Tadvi, MLA Chandrakant Sonawane, district collector Ayush Prasad, and other officials were present during Patil's visit. The unseasonal rains hit parts of Jalgaon district on May 6 and 7, affecting the crops and orchards on 7,235 hectares in 588 villages in the district, involving 12,228 farmers. A maximum of 1,500 hectares of crops were damaged in Jalgaon taluka alone, followed by Chopda (1,000 hectares), Chalisgaon (723 hectares), and Yawal taluka (450 hectares) of the district. Of the total 7,235 hectares, bananas were damaged on 4,279 hectares alone, while other crops were damaged on the remaining 2,956 hectares.
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