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Rs 29.09 cr relief for crop loss in Puducherry floods

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Last Updated : Jan 11 2016 | 10:22 PM IST
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.

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First Published: Jan 11 2016 | 10:22 PM IST

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