Crop destroyed but Collector threatening of fine if farmers dont payback loan

Santosh Singh a farmer from Rewa district in MP is telling us that at one end farmers are worried about loss to crop by recent hailstorms the collector is giving notice on newspapers that the loan farmers had taken for seed and fertilizer at zero interest must pay by this month otherwise they will charge a penalty of 15%. He requests us to call collector at 9425147740 to give farmers time till April when the crop is ready. For more Santosh Ji can be reached at 09202752942

Posted on: Mar 22, 2013. Tags: Santosh Singh

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