Rs 29.09 cr relief for crop loss in Puducherry floods

Chief Minister N Rangasamy today announced a Rs 29.09 crore relief package for farmers who suffered crop loss in the torrential rains last year, Chief Minister N Rangasamy said today.

A total of 15,200 farmers in Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam regions of the Union Territory would benefit from the package, he said handing over cash to some farmers at a function here.

He said the three regions had together lost crops of different varieties on an extent of 11,331 hectares in the unprecedented flood that wrecked havoc in November-December.