Farmer’s struggle to save rain-drenched crop goes viral, Shivraj Singh Chouhan responds | Watch

The viral video of the farmer highlighted the losses that farmers face across several districts due to unseasonal rain.

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan spoke with a distressed farmer from Maharashtra on Sunday after a video of the farmer went viral on social media. The viral video showed the farmer struggling to protect his crop from heavy unseasonal rainfall in Maharashtra.

The viral video of the farmer highlighted the losses that farmers face across several districts due to unseasonal rain.

Gaurav Panwar, the farmer in the video, had brought his peanut crop to a crop market in Washim in Maharashtra when the heavy downpour began. As the torrential rain threatened to wash away harvest, a visibly helpless Panwar was seen trying to salvage it with his bare hands.

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This scene resonated with Shivaraj Singh Chouhan, who is also the Union agriculture minister and he reached out to Panwar. The minister assured Panwar of compensation for his losses.

Shivaraj Singh Chouhan shared a video of their conversation on X, where the farmer expressed the significant losses he had incurred.

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“It (the video) pained me. But, don’t worry. The Maharashtra government is very sensitive to the issue of farmers. I have spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the state’s agriculture minister. I have spoken to the collector as well. Whatever losses have occurred will be compensated so that you and your family don’t face any trouble," Chouhan was heard saying.

He further assured, “They will try to solve the issue by Monday… We are all with you."

Panwar further told the minister that he was unwell after getting drenched in the rain.