e-kshtipurti portal opened for 276 villages of Hisar district, around 25,000 farmers report damage to crops in 1.45 lakh acres
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh –
Haryana Public Works and Public Health Engineering Minister, Ranbir Gangwa said that the e-kshtipurti portal has now been opened for 276 villages in Hisar district to register crop damage caused by waterlogging. Earlier, the portal covered only 81 villages, but now farmers from 276 villages can report their crop losses online.
Gangwa shared this information while interacting with villagers on Friday during a review of drainage repair works in Barwala, Hisar and village Gangwa. The 276 villages added to the portal include 30 in Adampur tehsil, 19 in Balsmand, 28 in Barwala, 19 in Bans, 43 in Hansi, 87 in Hisar, 17 in Khedi Jalba, 18 in Narnaund and 15 in Uklana tehsil. So far, around 25,000 farmers have reported damage to crops spread across nearly 1.45 lakh acres.
The Minister urged other affected farmers to complete the self-verification of crop loss on the e-kshtipurti portal at the earliest so that timely relief can be provided.