Direct assistance of Rs 50,000 per acre should be provided immediately to flood hit farmers: NCP-SP
In Solapur, Maharashtra, former minister and NCP-SP leader Jayant Patil is calling on the state government to give flood-hit farmers direct cash help of Rs 50,000 per acre right away. Heavy rains and floods have wrecked crops across the region, leaving many families in tough spots.
Patil made this push after visiting damaged villages in Madha taluka with former minister Harshvardhan Patil. He chatted with affected farmers and saw the destruction firsthand. “Farmers are in real crisis right now,” Patil told reporters. “Their standing crops are ruined, and they’re watching their hard work vanish before their eyes. The government needs to act fast with real support, not just empty promises.”
He slammed the usual process of detailed crop assessments, or panchnama, which he says only adds stress to already struggling farmers. Instead, Patil wants immediate compensation to ease their pain. In Madha taluka, the situation looks grim—heavy downpours over the past few days have hit debt-laden farmers hard, washing away their livelihoods and leaving fields flooded and barren.
Meanwhile, NCP-SP working president Supriya Sule stepped up the pressure on the national level. She met Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to spotlight Maharashtra’s severe flood damage from excessive rainfall. Sule described how soil has eroded from fields, raising fears that the land could turn unproductive, and how rotting crops have crushed farmers’ hopes.
“I urged him to declare a ‘wet drought’ in Maharashtra,” Sule said. Her demands include a full loan waiver, a central government economic package for relief, and access to zero- or low-interest loans so farmers can rebuild without extra burden. She also called for no harassment over existing debts, stressing that farmers need a fair shot to get back on their feet amid this Maharashtra flood crisis.
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