Sympathising with farmers, who have suffered crop losses due to unseasonal rains, and also to reassure them that State Government is firmly committed to bailing them out of crisis, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visited farms in Nagpur District and took stock of the crop damage. Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde and Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Anil Patil were also present during the visit. The MahaYuti Ministers with Chief Minister visited Tarsa and Nimkheda villages in Ramtek tehsil on the first day of winter session. The region was hit by heavy rains from November 26 to 28 which resulted in damage caused to standing crops in the farms. Even as Opposition has adopted an aggressive stance on the issue during the winter session of State Legislature, the Ruling combination decided to personally visit the farms and inspect the damage. The attempt was to showcase the sensitivity of Government with farmers.

 

Shinde, Fadnavis, Munde and Patil inspected the damage caused to paddy cropsin Ramtek tehsil and therural areas of Nagpur district. The six tehsils namely Mauda, Parsheoni,Ramtek,Kamptee, Saoner and Hingna, were the worst hit as the untimely rains damaged the standing crops of paddy, cotton and pulses (Tur). The damage is estimated to be spread over an area of about 5,048 Hectares.The Chief Minister inspected the damage today with his fellow ministers. Krupal Tumane, Member of Parliament, Ramtek Lok Sabha Constituency, MLA Ashish Jaiswal, Tekchand Sawarkar, MLA, along with senior official were also present during the visit of Chief Minister. Chief Minister discussed with the farmers the present status of the crops and also got feedback of the extent of damages suffered by them.

 

He instructed accompanying officials to complete panchnama immediately and submit report to State Government. About 335 villages in 13 tehsils of district have been affected due to unseasonal rain. About 6886 farmers having holding of 2, 880 Ha have suffered damages. So far 52 per cent panchanama has been completed. During this visit, Collector Dr Vipin Itankar, Divisional Joint Director of Agriculture Rajendra Sable, Divisional Superintendent Agriculture Officer Milind Shende, District Superintendent Agriculture Officer Ravindra Manohare, officials and employees of Revenue, Marketing and other departments were present.