Deputy Commissioner Sangrur Jitendra Jorwal visited several villages of Dirba and Dhuri subdivisions today and took stock of the ongoing process of Special Girdavari of crop loss. Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal said that the Punjab government is standing by the farmers and following the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, he himself is inspecting the ongoing Girdavari process in all sub-divisions of district Sangrur on a daily basis.
Deputy Commissioner, while inspecting the fields affected by rain and hailstorm in Nihalgarh and Dhandyal villages of Dirba along with Kanjhla and Punnawal villages of Dhuri sub-division, said that the Punjab government has taken girn steps to support the farmers including 25 percent increase in the crop loss compensation.
During his visit, he interacted with the farmers and assured to provide compensation which would be soon released by the state government.Mr. Jorwal said that before the special girdawari in all the sub-divisions, a public consultation was conducted about the whole process so that no affected farmer would be deprived of his right.
Deputy Commissioner said that according to the instructions of the government, a special Girdavari report will be prepared and sent to the Punjab government soon so that the compensation amount can be released to the farmers as soon as possible.
On this occasion, Assistant Commissioner (Under Training) Nitesh Jain, SDM Dirba Rajesh Sharma, Tehsildar Dhuri Kuldeep Singh, officials of Agriculture Department and Revenue Department were also present.