Punjab government will disburse Rs 600 crore as compensation to cotton growers whose crops were damaged by Whitefly attack in the state. The state government will launch a gigantic operation to distribute this relief amongst affected farmers in order to bail them out.
There has been extensive damage to crops in the state due to Whitefly with 1.36 lakh hectares of area being affected by the pest attack out of 4.50 lakh hectares. Farmers have uprooted the 100 percent damaged crop at 11,780 acres area in Muktsar, Fazilka, Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot and Barnala districts of the state.
The state government has rescued the farmers every time during the hour of crisis. The government ensured that every grain was lifted when wheat crop was damaged due to untimely rains in April 2015.