Crops over one lakh acres damaged due to hailstorms, rains in Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar
The Hindu
Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar said crops over more than one lakh acres have been damaged due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms in the State
Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar on April 12 said crops over more than one lakh acres have been damaged due to the recent unseasonal rains and hailstorms in the State.
The State Government should provide aid to the affected farmers, he demanded while speaking to reporters in Mumbai.
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“Onion, papaya, grapes and other crops have been destroyed,” the Nationalist Congress Party leader said.
He would be meeting, in his capacity as Leader of Opposition, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the meeting of a committee set up to make certain appointments on April 12, Mr. Pawar said.
“I will also apprise them of the losses faced by farmers,” he added.
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