Chandigarh, April 20 -- Expressing concern over damage to foodgrains due to storm and rain, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday demanded compensation for farmers from the state government.

"Mandis are overflowing with wheat and farmers are forced to store their produce on roads. The government has barely lifted nine lakh tonnes of wheat so far whereas about four times of wheat is lying scattered in the mandi and on the roads waiting to be sold and lifted," Hooda said in a statement.

"The BJP government did not make arrangements for gunny bags, tarpaulin and lifting," he added.

The Congress leader said that despite the weather forecast, the state government did not take any steps to protect crops from rain. "...