In order to assess the damage caused to the crops, Khattar said that he wrote a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister, Radha Mohan Singh and urged him to depute a central team to assess the loss.
He also requested the Central Government to immediately provide help to ensure speedy disbursal of relief to the affected farmers.
The Chief Minister was replying to Calling Attention Notice in the ongoing budget session of Haryana assembly about compensation to farmers for the loss of damaged crops due to heavy rain and hail storm in the state.
Haryana Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu said the unseasonal heavy rain and hailstorm are likely to affect the quality and quantity of wheat yield in Haryana.
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Opposition Congress staged a brief walkout from the House after they claimed the state government had not given an assurance regarding hiking compensation for the affected farmers and for their alleged "anti-farmer" attitude.
He said that not only the revenue department of the state government, but all connected agencies and departments had been pressed into service to complete the 'special girdawari' at the earliest and reports from various affected areas were still pouring in.
After the ruling BJP benches took potshots at the Congress for allegedly issuing meagre cheque amount of Rs 3 and Rs 5 to farmers for crop damage when they were in power in the State, Khattar today announced in the House that the minimum compensation cheque would be Rs 500 instead of earlier Rs 250.
The Congress wanted that the farmers be given a compensation of atleast Rs 20,000 per acre for crop damage due to heavy rains while main opposition Indian National Lok Dal demanded that atleast Rs 25,000 per acre be paid.