COMPENSATE FARMERS: UP MIN TO INSURANCE COS

LUCKNOW: Agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi directed crop insurance companies to conduct a crop damage survey caused by the rain and storms in some districts, on Monday. Holding a meeting on Kharif preparations here on Monday, he said proper compensation must be paid to farmers who had lost crops to rains on Sunday. “We have reports of crop damage mainly from Kannauj, Etah and Pilibhit and we have asked insurance companies to survey and pay compensation to affected farmers according to government guidelines and at the earliest,” he said.