BHUBANESWAR: The Samajwadi Party Odisha State Committee has urged Union Minister of State for Agriculture Harish Rawat for a special package for the State of around Rs 3 thousand crore to renovate the lift points, drinking water projects as interim help. The party has not only written about the severe drought in 16 districts where more than 50 percent crops were lost in the last khariff season but also stated about the deficient rain of the current year which affected the agriculture work of 11 districts.
The party also said the plight of
the farmers was multiplied due to artificial scarcity of seeds and fertilizer
which is available in black market at higher prices. Besides, the party
mentioned about distress sale of paddy in the State.
The party in its memorandum urged
the Minister to take early measures to check farmer suicide and migration like
problems in the State. They suggested that all 11 drought-prone districts of
Odisha to be included in the Central contingency plan district of the
Government of India. Free supply of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides to farmers
for Ravi season and exemption of bank loans, they
demanded.
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