Azerbaijan to announce amount of compensation for natural disaster zone's population

"Some 26,000 hectares of the flooded land are for grain, 22,800 hectares - a perennial forage grass, as well as potatoes, melons, sugar beets and other agricultural products," the minister said.

According to him, at present, the Ministry's officials together with representatives of the Emergency Situations Ministry calculate the amount of loss of local farmers and owners of household.

"In the near future the amount of damage, as well as compensation for each person will be announced. Each citizen, who has suffered as a result of rains and floods, will receive compensation," the minister said.

Since early May, floods occurred in 40 districts of Azerbaijan due to rise in Kur River and rainfalls. As a result of the disaster, about 20,000 houses were flooded, more than 300 destroyed, 2,000 became unsafe and 50,000 hectares of cultivated land left under water.


/Trend/