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The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab
a cruel joke played by NDA govt .................given compensation of just Rs.18 for land destroyed due to water logging .
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab
Muktsar, June 2
The state government has issued compensation to farmers whose crops were affected due to water-logging in various villages falling in the Gidderbaha assembly segment. Some farmers have been issued cheques for as less as Rs 18.75 as compensation for two years.
A villager shows a compensation cheque for Rs 18.75 at Gurusar village. A Tribune photograph
While some farmers refused to accept the cheques, others said the government had played a cruel joke on them.
Aspal Singh, a farmer of Gurusar village, who received a cheque for Rs 18.75, said, "A five-kanal chunk of my seven-acre land has turned infertile due to water-logging. But I have got just Rs 18.75 as compensation for two years. I was not willing to accept it, but later I decided to collect it as evidence. One would feel ashamed going to the bank to deposit a cheque for such a meagre amount."
The government has decided to pay a compensation of Rs 6,000 per acre, which means Rs 3,000 per crop per acre.
Sukhman Singh, Bhagwan Kaur, Gudiya Rani have also got Rs 18.75 as compensation. Kulbir Singh has got Rs 35, while Gurjant Singh received Rs 37.50.
Gidderbaha market committee secretary Baljinder Singh, who recently handed over the cheques to the affected farmers, said, "I was assigned the task to distribute cheques in Gurusar, Manianwala, Giljewala and Smagh villages. Some cheques were of meagre amount, but the calculations have been done by the patwari concerned and officials of the Revenue Department. I simply distributed the cheques to the genuine beneficiaries by making announcement from the village gurdwaras."
"A sum of Rs 25 lakh has been distributed in the four villages. There were also cheques of bigger amounts such as Rs 31,000," he added.
An official in the Revenue Department said there seemed be some clerical error as none could be awarded such a meagre compensation. Sometimes the land affected by water-logging could also be very small and that could be a reason behind the meagre compensation amount.
The Deputy Commissioner had announced last year that the compensation amount of below Rs 500 should be given in cash, not in the form cheques, he added.
Relief or joke
* Some farmers whose fields have been affected by water-logging in the Gidderbaha area have got cheques for Rs 18.75, Rs 35, Rs 37.50 etc. as compensation
* Last year also, some farmers were awarded Rs 3.48, Rs 6.95, Rs 20, Rs 21, Rs 25 etc. as compensation for losses due to monsoon rain