'Govt committed to provide support': MoS Satish Dubey inspects flood-affected areas in Sirsa

Sirsa (Haryana) [India], October 3 (HBTV): Minister of State for Coal and Mines Satish Dubey inspected the flood-affected areas in Sirsa, Haryana, and assured that the Centre is committed to extending facilities and support to affected people.

Speaking to ANI, Dubey said, ‘I have spoken with the people. Under the leadership of PM Modi and the state government, the government is committed to providing whatever facilities can be provided to support the victims during this time of grief.’

He added that there should be a permanent solution to the recurring problem. ‘Those who have applied, I will forward the requests to the Government of India and the Haryana government and will try to get the work done,’ he said.

Earlier in the day, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda criticised the state government for failing to provide adequate flood relief measures. He said people were angry at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for not taking concrete steps to help victims despite the devastation caused across Haryana.

Hooda claimed that floods had destroyed 18 lakh acres of standing crops, affecting around 6,000 villages, 11 cities and 72 towns. He noted that four lakh farmers had uploaded information about crop damage on the government portal, though the actual number of victims was much higher. He demanded immediate compensation for farmers at the rate of INR 70,000 per acre.

Recalling his visit to several districts, the former Chief Minister said the situation was worse than the floods of 1995. He alleged that illegal mining had worsened the disaster and highlighted how fields, sugarcane crops and poplar trees near the Yamuna had been destroyed, leaving sand deposits that would make it difficult to sow the next season’s crop.

(ANI)