For 5 Yrs, A Farmer Has Been Trying To Return Govt Compensation Wrongly Credited To His Account
It is not uncommon for farmers in India to run from pillar to post seeking government support, in the form of monetary compensation especially when they suffer crop losses.
At times it can take months or even years before a nominal compensation is given to them, which in no way covers their losses.
But a farmer from Haryana's Jind is facing a different problem for years now.
According to a report in The Times of India, Surajmal Nain of Kharainti has been trying to return a government compensation that was wrongly credited to his account.
It all began in August 2016 when Surajmal and his brother got Rs 34,735 each to their bank accounts from the government as compensation for their cotton crop that had suffered due to a pest attack.
The family had planted cotton only litter over 2 acres of their total 12-acre farm and as per the government policy, a farmer was entitled to a compensation of Rs 8,000 per acre crop lost.
After learning that a total of Rs Rs 52,920 was wrongly credited to their account, the two brothers wrote to the tehsildar to know how to repay the same. However, they did not get any response. As they were not willing to accept what was not their rightful money, Surajmal wrote to Haryana Chief Minister.
Even that failed to give the brothers any solution. So Surajmal went to the CM¡¯s residence in Chandigarh to lodge another complaint.
There too, officials failed to tell him how to return the money.
Now, he has filed a complaint against the tehsildar, who he claims wrongly distributed the compensation and thereby harassed him.
