Relief amount to farmers over electricity poles in farms doubled: Gujarat govt

Gandhinagar: Farmers in Gujarat will get double relief amount over damage to their land, crops and fruit trees over errection of new electricity transmission lines and transmission towers. The decision in this regard has been taken on 30th December. The details of this decision were shared today by Finance and Energy minister Kanubhai Patel.

The new rate will be 15 % instead of the existing rate of 7.5 % for the damages to the land, crops and fruit tree in cases of Row Corridor (Right of Way Corridor) the minister informed. Thus the State government has made the decision of paying the relief double than the existing amount to the farmers considering their demand.

The relief payable in case of damages to fruit-tree or other trees will be decided in accordance to the rates as per the circular of revenue department dated 12th January 2021 and its modified form in the future.

The decision will also effective for new as well as in-progress transmission line works, the minister said, adding that for valuation of land, calculations will be made by considering annually maximum 10 per cent increase in online Jantri rates. DeshGujarat