Dehradun, May 28 -- On Tuesday, State Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Ganesh Joshi held a meeting with officials from the Agriculture and Horticulture Departments to review the damage caused to crops due to recent unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm across the state.

During the meeting, Minister Joshi sought detailed information from the department officials regarding the crop losses. He instructed the officials to conduct regular monitoring of the affected areas and to submit daily reports to the ministry. He further directed that compensation to farmers be processed promptly as per Government of India norms.

Minister Joshi stated that, so far, crops spread over 5,236 hectares of agricultural land have been affected due to exce...