In Uttar Pradesh, a Farmer's Crop is Destroyed, Then His Compensation Cheque Bounces | Read
First, Satish Chand, a farmer from Chhata village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, lost his entire wheat crop worth Rs. 80,000, because of the unseasonal March rains and hailstorms. Then, to add insult to injury, the meagre Rs. 18,000 compensation cheque he got from the state government, bounced, yesterday, because the revenue officer's bank account apparently didn't have enough funds.
