Dehradun, Oct. 11 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 10 Oct: Taking note of the damage caused to farmers' crops by excessive rainfall and hailstorms in the state over the past few days, Agriculture Minister Ganesh Joshi has issued necessary instructions to departmental officials. He has directed them to regularly monitor crop damage across the state, conduct field surveys in affected areas and ensure a detailed assessment of the losses. He emphasised that departmental officials must work with utmost seriousness and promptness to provide relief to affected farmers.

Joshi instructed officials to assess the actual extent of damage to agricultural and horticultural crops in the affected areas so that necessary action could be taken to provide...