Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupendra Singh Hooda on Friday slammed the state government over the inadequate compensation for crop losses caused by flooding in the Yamuna river due to illegal mining.

"Due to illegal mining, the Yamuna River water entered the fields in Haryana. This has caused huge damage to the fields... The compensation announced by the state government is very little, 7,000-15,000 is the compensation for crop loss, it's a joke...the farmer incurs the cost of 35,000, then comes fertilisers...if the land rental costs 60,000-70,000 per acre ...the compensation of this amount is a joke," Hooda said while addressing reporters in Rohtak.

Earlier, on September 8, Haryana Chief Mi...