“Our priority is to speed up the process of releasing the relief package to the affected farmers as soon as possible, at least by the month of November,” he told the media. Manipur: MHA Sanctions Rs 38.06 Crore To Provide Crop Compensation Package to Violence Hit Farmers.
An independent survey conducted by Loumee Shinmee Apunba Lup, a farmers body, claimed that a total of around 9,719 hectares of paddy fields in the valley could face crop failure as farmers are afraid of going into the fields because of sporadic firing from the lower foothills.