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Madhya Pradesh Orders Field-by-Field Crop Damage Surveys After Hailstorms; Ministers Conduct Inspections

Relief payouts will follow verified surveys, with opium plots subject to narcotics inspections.

Overview

  • Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda inspected multiple villages in Mandsaur and pledged a survey of every affected field to speed assistance.
  • Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia visited the Nalkheda area of Ashoknagar, directing immediate surveys and a transparent, time-bound relief process.
  • Chief Minister Mohan Yadav instructed district collectors to carry out on-the-ground assessments and to prepare prompt compensation once verification is complete.
  • The Narcotics Department is conducting on-site checks of damaged opium crops, with additional steps to be determined after discussions with the central government.
  • Unseasonal hailstorms struck parts of western Madhya Pradesh twice in two weeks, with widespread losses reported in Ratlam, Neemuch, Mandsaur and other districts as near-harvest rabi crops proved highly vulnerable.