On 27th October, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stated that the state government is dedicated to helping all farmers devastated by the recent floods.
He directed that all divisional commissioners and district magistrates conduct an immediate survey of the districts where crops had been damaged due to floods and that the findings be entered online in the agriculture investment grant module so that the compensation amount could be credited to the affected farmers’ accounts as soon as possible.
In a high-level meeting held at his official residence, Yogi was assessing the relief assistance offered to farmers under the agriculture investment grant module.
The officers informed the CM that 30.54 crores had been released from the State.
Disaster Response Fund for assistance to 90,950 farmers in 35 districts, including Ambedkarnagar, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Jalaun, Jhansi, Deoria, Pilibhit, Balrampur, Ballia, Basti, Bahraich, Barabanki, Bijnor, Mau, Maharajganj, Mahoba, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Lalitpur, Varanasi, Shravasti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharthnagar, Sitapur, Sultanpur and Hamirpur.