Declare unseasonal rains in Maha as natural calamity: Shiv Sena MPs

 Shiv Sena MPs protested inside the Parliament premises on Monday demanding that the government declare unseasonal rains in Maharashtra as natural calamity.

Anab Mehdi
Published on: 18 Nov 2019 7:20 AM GMT
Declare unseasonal rains in Maha as natural calamity: Shiv Sena MPs
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New Delhi: Shiv Sena MPs protested inside the Parliament premises on Monday demanding that the government declare unseasonal rains in Maharashtra as natural calamity.

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MPs Sanjay Raut, Arvind Sawant and others were present at the protest which comes on the first day of the Parliament's Winter Session, which will end on December 13.

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Unseasonal rains in Maharashtra have damaged crops on 70 lakh hectares of land, State Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar had said a couple of days earlier.

According to government officials, the loss could be to the tune of over Rs 5,000 crore across 30 of the state's 36 districts.

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(PTI)

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