Odisha paddy in 2,017 hectares damaged in binka block.

With no sight of input subsidy and farm insurance, farmers of Binka are up in arms demanding compensation for crop loss due to hailstorms and rain which hit the block on Monday evening. The hailstorm, accompanied by rain, has damaged both paddy and vegetable crops cultivated over 2,017 hectares of land. While the farmers have begun hitting the streets over the demand for compensation, Sonepur Collector Dasrathi Satpathy, accompanied by a team of officials, visited Babupali, Bankajgidi and Sindurpur in the block and interacted with the affected-farmers. The officials accompanying him to undertake crop loss assessment and submit a report. The standing paddy crops have been damaged over thousands of acres of land.