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Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha (KPRS) has said that determination are wide irregularities successful appraisal and disbursal of compensation for harvest nonaccomplishment caused owed to the caller dense rainfall and floods successful Kalaburagi district.
KPRS territory president Sharanabasappa Mamshetty, addressing a property league successful Kalaburagi connected Sunday, said that a full of 4.17 lakh farmers initially registered for flood alleviation compensation crossed the district.
However, the fig of eligible beneficiaries has been reduced to 3.17 lakh, leaving astir of the affected farmers successful the lurch. The State authorities has to merchandise an estimated ₹30 crore to widen compensation for farmers, helium said.
Mr. Mamshetty said that the harvest survey process was riddled with lapses, with colony accountants carrying retired assessments without visiting the fields.
This has resulted successful discrepancies and denial of compensation to respective eligible farmers who suffered immense harvest nonaccomplishment this season.
Pointing to the terrible losses suffered by reddish gram growers, helium said that the harvest was affected not lone by excessive rainfall but besides by illness and extended chaotic boar attacks.
These losses person not been included successful the authoritative survey records, Mr. Mamshetty said and urged the State authorities to recognise specified harm and widen relief.
Mr. Mamshetty criticised nationalised banks for freezing the accounts of farmers who are not capable to repay their loans, owed to which galore radical person not received harvest security money, MGNREGA wages oregon pension amounts.
This has affected farmers successful Afzalpur, Jewargi, Chincholi, Chittapur, Shahabad and Kamalapur taluks. He said that farmers preparing for the adjacent sowing play bash not person wealth to bargain seeds and fertilisers, arsenic freezing their accounts astatine this clip has caused much hardship.
Mr. Mamshetty besides sought clarity from the State authorities connected the criteria utilized for determining compensation amounts, pointing retired that farmers person received compensation ranging betwixt ₹5,000 and ₹13,000 per acre, portion farmers successful immoderate villages person not received immoderate alleviation astatine all.
