Rain damages houses, crops in Chatra

Chatra: Incessant rain since Sunday damaged several mud houses, standing crops and vegetables in different blocks of Chatra district making villagers cry for financial help from the government. Some of the these blocks include Giddhaur, Kunda, Simaria, Pratappur, Huntergunj and Itkhori, among others. Weather experts said Chatra witnessed 81 mm rain in past four days.Shiv Kumar Dangi, a farmer from Giddhaur, said, “Continuous rain resulted in waterlogging in the fields which damaged the crops. We cultivated tomatoes noting its high demand and high rates in the past months. But rain has shattered all our plans. I had cultivated green vegetables in 10 cottahs but rain destroyed it resulting in big loss.”Excess water in rain-fed rivers cut off many villagers from its block headquarters in Kunda, Kanachatti, Giddhaur, Pathalgada and Huntergunj. A villager said they had suspected something wrong when six children did not return to their village in Simratari in Giddhaur block on Tuesday afternoon. All of them had crossed the rain-fed Barki river to reach their school at Salga village on Tuesday morning and returned home in the evening after the water level subsided, he said. Mukhiya of Simaria panchayat Shakuntala Devi said, “A large number of people got affected in this rain. I am making the list of the affected persons and soon steps will be taken to provide them financial help.”In Kunda block, mukhiyas Bhadat Yadav of Nawada panchayat and Anita Yadav of Sikidag panchayat said the affected people are approaching them to get their damaged houses repaired. “Many have no other place to live. We have assured them of all possible help,” the duo added. Resident of Hamlta village in Itkhori block, Sushma Devi said she met block officials to discuss about the compensation.Kanhachatti block development officer Pramod Kumar said the affected persons need to submit an application to ensure compensation to them at the earliest. He also asked panchayat secretary and mukhiya of different panchayats to complete the paper works by visiting the damaged houses and submitting a report to them.

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