Happiness among farmers…will also provide relief from crop loss due to unseasonal rain in October

Gandhinagar: Due to the effect of La Nina, this time the monsoon in Gujarat has lasted longer than normal. Even after Navratri, rainy conditions were seen in parts of Saurashtra and South Gujarat. This caused extensive damage to the crops standing in the farmers' fields. In such a situation, the state government has announced assistance for the farmers. Agriculture Minister Raghav Patel has said that assistance will also be given to the farmers who were ruined by the rain in the month of October.

Raghav Patel said that Finance Minister Kanu Desai and other MLAs and farmers have proposed to provide assistance for crop damage due to rain in October. Preliminary reports of crop damage have been received in many districts of the state in the month of October.

This includes districts like Dangs, Navsari, Valsad, Surat, Tapi in South Gujarat and Chhota Udepur in Central and North Gujarat, Narmada, Anand, Ahmedabad, Amreli, Botad, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Gir Somnath, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Surendranagar in Saurashtra. Are. , The major affected crops in these districts are groundnut, cotton, paddy, soybean, pulses and vegetables. In these cases also, action has been taken as per rules. According to which the aid package is to be implemented for the month of October.