Chandigarh, April 22 -- The Haryana government on Monday said that compensation will be provided to farmers whose standing crops were destroyed in recent field fires.

Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini held a meeting on this issue with senior officials here and issued the instructions, taking serious note of the damage caused to crops and livestock by sudden fire outbreaks.

Affected farmers will be required to submit applications to their respective deputy commissioners to ensure prompt processing of compensation. In addition to financial aid, farmers will also receive assistance in the form of seeds and fertilisers for sowing the next crop.

"Our government stands with farmers in every situation," Saini said, noting that recent fires hav...