Thane : Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde said that the state government has begun immediate relief efforts for flood-affected farmers in Marathwada, and compensation will be disbursed to them at the earliest.

Addressing Shiv Sena workers at a rally in Navi Mumbai on Saturday, Shinde said that it is the government’s responsibility to address the plight of farmers and it will not leave them to face hardships alone.

Incessant rains have pounded several parts of Marathwada over the last few days, cutting off villages, inundating low-lying roads and damaging crops on lakhs of acres of land in the traditionally drought-prone region.

The deputy chief minister recounted his visits to flood -hit Marathwada, where rains and floods had destroyed houses, farm

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