Compensate farmers for losses due to rains: Cong

AHMEDABAD: The state unit of the Congress on Monday demanded that the state government announce a “generous” compensation package for farmers from Ghed region of Porbandar and Junagadh districts who suffered losses due to torrential rains.
Accusing the BJP government of not doing enough to divert flood waters into the sea, Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil said a delegation will visit the Ghed region to take stock of the ground situation and extend all possible help to the affected people and farmers.
“Farmers of Ghed region have suffered huge losses due to waterlogging in their fields following heavy rains. Moreover, seeds sown in the fields and fertile soil have been washed away. This could have been avoided if the government had made adequate arrangements in advance to stop the water from entering fields by diverting it into the sea. But it seems that work was done on paper only,” Gohil said in a statement.
Flood waters have also destroyed internal roads, trees and kutcha houses in the region, he said.