DCs told to expedite girdawari

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 15

Financial Commissioner, Revenue, KBS Sidhu on Sunday reiterated Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s directives to send comprehensive reports of special khasra girdawari conducted for the assessment of crop loss due to untimely rainfall and hailstorm in the state.

The FCR further instructed all Deputy Commissioners to submit the preliminary reports in this regard at the earliest so as to enable the Revenue Department initiate the disbursement of relief on account of crop damage due to inclement weather.

Sidhu also ordered the DCs to intensify the process of special girdawari in their respective districts in the wake of recent heavy rain and hailstorm in various parts of the state.

The FCR also directed the Divisional Commissioners and DCs, besides revenue officials, to visit rain and hailstorm-hit areas to conduct on-the-spot assessment of the damage to the crops.