Faizabad (UP): Farmers get relief cheques for damaged crops. pic.twitter.com/Ql0h0njzH9 — ANI (@ANI_news) April 13, 2015

Faizabad (UP): Farmers get relief cheques for damaged crops. A farmer shows her cheque amounting to Rs 297. pic.twitter.com/mE2UcgZIBh — ANI (@ANI_news) April 13, 2015

FAIZABAD: Adding salt to injuries of hapless farmers smarting under weather god’s curse, the Faizabad disrtrict administration has issued compensation cheques for as paltry sums as Rs 63 and Rs 84. The district magistrate has said that he would look into the goof and get the necessary conrrective measures taken.Mohammad Sabir, a resident of Wajidpur village of Rudauli Tehsil of Faizabad district is the owner of about 5 bighas of land. His wheat crop was about to harvested but bad weather and unexpected rains damaged the entire crop. The sudden and untimely onslaught of weather pushed Sabir and his family to the verge of starvation.After the announcement from the state government regarding the compensation for the last crops, Sabir’s family was hopeful of a succour. But all their hope evaporated when they got a cheque of compensation for Rs 100 only for his entire 5 bighas loss.Talking to TOI, Mohammad Shahid, another farmer of Rudauli Tahsil, who got a cheque for Rs 63 against the loss of his crops spread over 3 bighas, said, “Why the administration is playing with us? The crops which I grow in my fields, feed my family and some of the portion I sell for medicines and school fees of children. But what I will do with these Rs 63.” Similarly, Mohammad Muslim, another farmer of Rudauli tahsil having about 4 bighas of land got Rs 84 as compensation after he lost all his crops.Reacting to such compensation payouts, Faizabad CDO Arvind Malappa Bangari, who is acting DM at present, told TOI that it seemed to be a result of carelessness on the part of lekhpals. “The cheques have been issued on their reports, if anybody feels the compensation is not enough we will compensate. We are following the guidelines set by national disaster relief fund (NDRF),” he said.