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Punjab approves relief for damaged crops

Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday approved to grant uniform rate of relief for the loss of crops due to water logging or floods between the years 2002-2007 at the fixed rate of Rs.1000 per acre per crop.

Disclosing this here, an official spokesman of the Punjab Government said that the enhancement of relief would entail additional funds to the tune of Rs.1,97,57,000 for the districts of Muktsar, Faridkot and Tarn Taran.

It may be recalled that as a one- time package of relief for the farmers affected by the ‘SEM’ (Water Logging) for which earlier an amount of Rs.2.41 crore was sanctioned.

The Cabinet also decided to accord ex-post facto approval to the amended Memorandum of Understanding and also to acquire and transfer 304.04 acres of land (instead of 300 acres approved earlier) to the Joint Venture (JV) Company for the development of International Civil Terminal at Mohali. --PTI

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