Delhi BJP leaders visit farmers hit by unseasonal rain

Delhi BJP leaders today visited farmers in several villages in the north-west part of the national capital for assessing crop damage in unseasonal rain and hailstorms in the last few days and promised them help in dealing with their losses.
The Narendra Modi government has directed the setting up of a disaster relief fund for the Union Territories and crop insurance has been extended to Delhi, which will make it easier for relief to be extended to the farmers, Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay said.
BJP spokesman Praveen Kapoor said farmers in most villages complained that they have not received the relief promised to them by Delhi government after crop failure last year.

"Even those farmers who got relief did not get the amount that was announced by the Arvind Kejriwal government," Kapoor claimed, adding that Upadhyay had promised the farmers he would take up the matter with Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.
Last year, Delhi government had announced compensation of Rs 20,000 per acre to farmers who faced losses due to crop damage.
Kejriwal had yesterday directed Divisional Commissioner A Ambarasu to assess the damage to crops due to the untimely rain and hailstorm.
Delhi BJP leaders have demanded that the AAP government pay compensation of Rs 50,000-70,000 to the affected farmers and also sought a special package for them from the Centre.