India, April 9 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday directed party's halqa incharges and district presidents to help distressed farmers whose standing wheat crop had been completely damaged across 1.25 lakh acres due to rain and hailstorm.

Sukhbir held a meeting with the party leaders and said that a detailed plan had been charted to start distribution of wheat as well as dry and green fodder to the affected farmers after April 20. "We are creating nodal points for collection of the relief material which then will be distributed in the affected villages," he added.

He said the party would also extend help to small farmers whose vegetable produce had been damaged due to the recent hailstorm.

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