Odisha farmers protest crop insurance coverage delay

By Express News Service

SAMBALPUR: Vehicular motion on NH-49 in Deogarh was disrupted for over seven hours on Monday after farmers took to the highway protesting the non-disbursement of insurance coverage cash underneath the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for crop loss over the past Kharif season.

Hundreds of farmers of Deogarh underneath the banner of Zilla Krushak Sangharsh Sangha staged a highway blockade at Nirbeni Sahi, near the NH-49, affecting vehicular motion on either side of the freeway. This aside, the agitating farmers additionally noticed bandh within the Deogarh Municipality space as a consequence of which regular life was paralysed for greater than seven hours.

Due to the bandh, authorities and personal workplaces, courts, academic establishments, banks and monetary establishments moreover enterprise institutions remained closed within the city as farmers picketed at a number of locations in Deogarh city.

President of the farmers’ outfit, Sam Hembrum mentioned, “during last Kharif, farmers of our district had insured their crop with the HDFC Ergo insurance company after paying a due premium. Since deficit rainfall hit cropping, farmers of several Gram Panchayats suffered a huge loss. But the insurance company is not considering their claims.” Farmers of six GPs are awaiting the insurance coverage cash, he mentioned.

According to experiences, farmers of 9 GPs within the district had claimed insurance coverage for crop loss, of which, claims of three GPs have settled just a few months in the past, whereas these within the different six GPs together with Ulbasa, Karlaga, Palsama, Nuadihi, Khilei in Reamal block moreover Dantaribahal in Barkote block are but to get any cash. The agitation was nevertheless known as off round 1:30 pm after the Chief District Agriculture Officer (CDAO), KR Rao, Assistant Registrar Cooperative Societies, Padmalochan Behera and different officers of the district administration assured the farmers of fast redressal.“We have already taken up the matter with the insurance company and the claims will be settled as per guidelines within the next 15 days,” Rao assured.

SAMBALPUR: Vehicular motion on NH-49 in Deogarh was disrupted for over seven hours on Monday after farmers took to the highway protesting the non-disbursement of insurance coverage cash underneath the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for crop loss over the past Kharif season.

Hundreds of farmers of Deogarh underneath the banner of Zilla Krushak Sangharsh Sangha staged a highway blockade at Nirbeni Sahi, near the NH-49, affecting vehicular motion on either side of the freeway. This aside, the agitating farmers additionally noticed bandh within the Deogarh Municipality space as a consequence of which regular life was paralysed for greater than seven hours.

Due to the bandh, authorities and personal workplaces, courts, academic establishments, banks and monetary establishments moreover enterprise institutions remained closed within the city as farmers picketed at a number of locations in Deogarh city.

President of the farmers’ outfit, Sam Hembrum mentioned, “during last Kharif, farmers of our district had insured their crop with the HDFC Ergo insurance company after paying a due premium. Since deficit rainfall hit cropping, farmers of several Gram Panchayats suffered a huge loss. But the insurance company is not considering their claims.” Farmers of six GPs are awaiting the insurance coverage cash, he mentioned.

According to experiences, farmers of 9 GPs within the district had claimed insurance coverage for crop loss, of which, claims of three GPs have settled just a few months in the past, whereas these within the different six GPs together with Ulbasa, Karlaga, Palsama, Nuadihi, Khilei in Reamal block moreover Dantaribahal in Barkote block are but to get any cash. The agitation was nevertheless known as off round 1:30 pm after the Chief District Agriculture Officer (CDAO), KR Rao, Assistant Registrar Cooperative Societies, Padmalochan Behera and different officers of the district administration assured the farmers of fast redressal.“We have already taken up the matter with the insurance company and the claims will be settled as per guidelines within the next 15 days,” Rao assured.