Chandigarh, Dec 2 : Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Hooda on Saturday said farmers in the state are desperately waiting for sugarcane payment, crop damage relief and fertilisers.

He said that the government should have started ‘girdwari’ (crop inspection) with promptness, but despite demands raised by the farmers the government continues to be in deep slumber.

“It is clear from the attitude of the government that it is avoiding giving compensation. This has been the track record of the government in the past nine years. Farmers have been waiting for compensation in the past too following floods,” Hooda, in a statement, said.