Bhubaneswar: Collectorates of all districts on Sunday submitted assessment reports of crop loss due to unseasonal rain, office of the Special Relief Commissioner said.
According to information, administrations of four districts notably Nuapada, Malkangiri, Sonepur and Jharsuguda have recorded no crop loss due to the unseasonal rain triggered by the low pressure last week.
With the damage evaluation reports reaching the SRC’s office, the government will begin the necessary assessment of the losses incurred and start compensation process within a week, a senior official of the office said.
The Government had asked all the collectors on November 18 to send report on crop loss by November 25. The collectors were asked to furnish the list of affected villagers sustaining crop loss of 33 per cent and above due to unseasonal rains.
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Farmers who sustained crop loss of 33 per cent and above due to the calamity are eligible to get agricultural input subsidy as per the norms of the State Disaster Response Fund.
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