Mushtaq Khanday demands compensation for crop damage due to hailstorm in Shopian

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Senior Congress Leader Mushtaq Ahmad Khanday has demanded governor administration to pay compensation to the farmers whose crops had been damaged due to recent hailstorms in Shopian.

Mushtaq Khanday said that recent hailstorm has wrecked havoc in Shopian, damaging crops and orchards at large scale.

He said that it is high time for the government to not only compensate the farmers who have incurred huge losses but also come up with a comprehensive road map so that the farming community in the state is financially secured and its crops are insured for future.

He said that the farmers affected by the hailstorms should be given proper compensation without further delay as they are passing through a difficult financial condition.