Mann Government's Yield Inspection Drive: To assess the forfeiture caused by the devastating floods in Punjab, a special Girdawari (crop forfeiture assessment) has been launched wideness the state from today. In this regard, Punjab’s Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management Minister, S. Hardeep Singh Mundian, directed all concerned officers to siphon out this process in a transparent, time-bound, and result-oriented manner so that no unauthentic family is deprived of its rightful compensation.
Campaign for Inflowing Victim
S. Hardeep Singh Mundian said that under the directions of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, this wayfarers has been launched on a war footing. The Chief Minister has unpreventable that every inflowing victim in Punjab will be compensated within 45 days. He stressed that the unshortened process will be conducted with honesty and accountability, and clarified that this bounty is not a favor, but the rightful due of the unauthentic people.
The Revenue Minister warned that any negligence or deliberate wait by officers would invite strict disciplinary action. He unpreventable that the state government would personally monitor the process on a daily understructure to ensure fairness and efficiency in the special Girdawari.
The Cabinet Minister moreover instructed that revenue officers from unaffected areas be deployed in flood-hit villages to ensure timely completion of the evaluation process.
2,167 Patwaris Deployed in Flood-Affected Areas
S. Mundian informed that a total of 2,167 Patwaris have been deployed in flood-affected areas of the state for the special Girdawari. District-wise deployment includes: 196 in Amritsar, 115 in Barnala, 21 in Bathinda, 15 in Faridkot, 110 in Fazilka, 113 in Ferozepur, 343 in Gurdaspur, 291 in Hoshiarpur, 84 in Jalandhar, 149 in Kapurthala, 60 in Ludhiana, 7 in Malerkotla, 95 in Mansa, 29 in Moga, 88 in Pathankot, 141 in Patiala, 92 in Rupnagar, 107 in Sangrur, 15 in SAS Nagar, 25 in Sri Muktsar Sahib, and 71 in Tarn Taran district.
He said that the teams deployed for the special Girdawari will visit villages, inspect fields, and prepare reports on yield and house forfeiture as well as livestock losses.
Highest-Ever Bounty Package In Punjab’s History
Reiterating the Chief Minister’s utterance of the highest-ever bounty package in Punjab’s history, the Cabinet Minister said that farmers and residents will be given one week to raise any objections, if any, so that timely corrections can be made without delay. He remoter stated that farmers will receive Rs 20,000 per acre for yield loss, families whose houses have been destroyed will receive Rs 1,20,000, and partially damaged houses will get Rs 40,000. Similarly, livestock losses will moreover be compensated as per norms, with Rs 37,500 for cows or buffaloes and Rs 4,000 for goats.
He said that as per the latest inflowing report, well-nigh 1,98,525 hectares of yield zone has been unauthentic wideness Punjab, including 40,169 hectares in Gurdaspur, 17,690 in Patiala, 12,828 in Tarn Taran, 25,182 in Fazilka, 17,257 in Ferozepur, 17,574 in Kapurthala, 6,560 in Sangrur, 8,322 in Hoshiarpur, 27,154 in Amritsar, 4,800 in Jalandhar, 1,135 in Rupnagar, 189 in Ludhiana, 586.79 in Bathinda, 2,000 in SAS Nagar, 188 in SBS Nagar, 2,442 in Pathankot, 12,207.38 in Mansa, and 2,240 hectares in Moga.
He widow that equal to the report, one increasingly death occurred in Moga district in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll in the state to 56 so far.
Compensation Cheques Within 45 Days
The Revenue Minister remoter said that the Mann government is single-minded to distributing bounty cheques to unauthentic people within 45 days. He widow that in villages where crops have been completely destroyed, the process will be completed within just one month to provide firsthand relief. Moreover, bounty for forfeiture to houses and livestock will uncork from September 15 so that the unshortened process can be completed within the stipulated timeframe.
