Chandigarh, Sept. 14 -- Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Saturday said the state government should immediately release Rs.20,000 per acre as compensation without any assessment or girdawari to farmers whose crops have been destroyed by the recent floods. He said the remaining Rs.30,000 per acre can be released after proper assessment, ensuring a total package of Rs.50,000 per acre for the affected farmers.

Bajwa said the devastation was so widespread that preliminary relief should not be delayed in the name of paperwork. "The fields of Punjab are under water and sand. Yet the AAP government is telling them to wait for surveys and girdawaris," Bajwa stressed.

Bajwa further pointed out that the Union government has released Rs.1...