After facing the brunt of devastating floods last year, the farmers of Jammu and Kashmir are now feeling cheated by the state government.
As per reports, government authorities have handed farmers in Jammu’s Sarora compensation cheques ranging between Rs 47 and Rs 378.
The farmers have described the cheques as a “joke” and are planning to protest against the BJP-PDP coalition government.
They say by handing over cheques of such petty amounts, the state government has insulted farmers who have lost everything in the floods.
Only yesterday, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had said that he would not take rest till all the people affected by last year’s floods were provided relief.
“I will not rest till all those affected by the deluge of 2014 are provided relief by the government,” Sayeed said.
The CM further said his government would compensate all those who lost their residential houses in the floods.
“The government will compensate those people who lost their residential houses in the last year’s floods. All those persons whose ‘pucca’ or ‘kutcha’ houses, which were partially or fully-damaged in the floods, will be compensated,” he said.
