Haryana Farmers Destroy Their Own Crops With Tractors As Government Fails to Provide Relief

Farmers in Charkhi Dadri have done something truly desperate - they're destroying their own crops with tractors after massive hailstorms wrecked their fields less than a week ago. These aren't troublemakers looking for attention. These are desperate farmers watching their livelihoods disappear after hailstorms tore through their wheat, mustard and vegetable crops, leaving behind nothing but devastation. The Agriculture Department knows it's bad - they've counted about 13,000 acres of damaged crops - but farmers say all they've gotten are empty promises and paperwork.

Each pass of the tractor represents months of work and investment completely lost. They explained that this extreme action was taken after repeated requests for special damage assessment (girdawari) and compensation went unheeded by government officials and elected representatives. 

Economic Impact on Farming Families 

The farmers expressed that the hailstorm damage has created a dire financial situation for their families. With the rabi season crops of wheat and mustard nearly ready for harvest, the timing of the hailstorm couldn't have been worse.

The Agriculture Department's damage assessment report indicates significant destruction across the district, but farmers claim this hasn't got any meaningful support from authorities. 

Call for Immediate Relief Measures

The affected farmers are demanding immediate special girdawari (crop damage assessment) and prompt compensation to help them survive this crisis. They argue that the government's slow response to natural calamities often pushes farming families into debt traps.

"We're not asking for charity; we're asking for timely support during a natural disaster," said Balwan Singh, another farmer who destroyed his damaged crop. "If the government had announced proper compensation quickly, we would have at least had hope for recovery." 

Agricultural experts note that such extreme actions by farmers indicate the severity of their financial stress and highlight systemic issues in disaster management for the agricultural sector. They suggest that streamlining the damage assessment process and creating faster compensation disbursement mechanisms could prevent such desperate measures in the future.