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Chandigarh, April 11 The Punjab BJP has assigned senior leaders to visit villages affected by rain and hailstorms to gather feedback from farmers regarding crop damage.The recent weather conditions in various parts of the state have resulted in an estimated crop damage affecting over 1.25 lakh...

Panchkula, April 10 Former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala alleged on Friday that farmers in the state are facing hardship due to the failure of the BJP government to ensure proper crop procurement arrangements and timely compensation for losses caused by unseasonal rain...

Bhopal, April 10 Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Friday that unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged standing rabi crops across 2.49 lakh hectares so far, with wheat bearing the brunt, and assessments are still underway.Speaking to reporters ahead of the launch of the...

The Meteorological Department has predicted light rain and thunderstorms in scattered areas of Jammu and Kashmir over the next two days. According to the forecast, brief periods of rain are expected today, with a possibility of hailstorms in isolated locations during the afternoon. The weather...

Bhopal, April 10 Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that unseasonal rainfall and hailstorms have damaged standing rabi crops, particularly wheat, across approximately 2.49 lakh hectares so far across several states, with the full extent of losses still being assessed by...

Chandigarh, April 9 – The Punjab government should immediately provide compensation of ₹50,000 per acre to farmers for losses caused by unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and strong winds in Punjab, said Ashwani Sharma, the working President of the BJP.In a statement here, Sharma said, “According...

Chandigarh, April 8 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday appealed to the Centre to promptly send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops from recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state.With significant losses and the...

Chandigarh, April 8 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state.In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister...

Chandigarh, April 8 – Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian urged the Central government on Wednesday to send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by unseasonal heavy rainfall accompanied by hailstorms in the state.In a letter to Union...

Chandigarh, April 7 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Tuesday that an estimated 1.25 lakh acres of crops have been affected by recent rainfall and hailstorms, and that affected farmers will receive compensation.He said that Fazilka reported crop damage on over 45,000...

Chandigarh, April 7 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Tuesday that an estimated 1.25 lakh acres of crops have been affected by recent rainfall and hailstorms, and that affected farmers will receive compensation.He said that Fazilka reported crop damage on over 45,000...

Mumbai, April 7 Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged crops on over 2.05 lakh hectares of land in Maharashtra, with 29 districts reporting significant losses between March and early April, officials from the agriculture department said on Tuesday.According to preliminary estimates...

Bhopal, April 7 – The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Meteorological Centre Bhopal, issued a warning on Tuesday for thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and strong winds at isolated locations across several districts of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.According to the daily weather...

Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday appealed to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for urgent assistance to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms.In a statement, Warring said that a large...

Bhubaneswar, April 6 Nor'westerly winds and hailstorms caused widespread damage in parts of Odisha on Monday, officials said.Strong winds, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, affected the town of Athagarh in the Cuttack district and the Daspalla area in the Nayagarh district, they...

Chandigarh, April 6 Senior SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal urged the Union Minister of Agriculture to send a special team to Punjab to assess the damage caused to the standing wheat crop by hailstorms.She urged Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to release a special...

Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday that his government has ordered a crop loss assessment to evaluate the damage caused by inclement weather, asserting that affected farmers will be compensated.Mann was speaking to reporters while presenting a four-year...

Jaipur, April 6 Rajasthan is likely to experience another spell of rain, hailstorms, and strong winds starting from Monday due to the influence of a new western disturbance, the India Meteorological Department said.The weather office has advised farmers to cover food grains and other crops...

Jaipur, April 6 – The Meteorological Centre in Jaipur, part of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), has issued a yellow alert for several parts of Rajasthan due to an approaching and active Western Disturbance. A new spell of strong winds, rainfall, and isolated hailstorms is expected to...

Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday that his government has ordered a crop loss assessment to assess the damage caused by inclement weather, asserting that affected farmers will be compensated."We have ordered 'girdawari', and after conducting it, those who...