Farmers’ crops were destroyed – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion An incident of arson took place in village Kachnaria of Sehore Legislative Assembly due to short circuit on Tuesday morning. In this, the crops standing in the fields of more than half a dozen farmers have been burnt to ashes. The crop has been damaged in about 233 acres. These farmers are being told a loss of about 233 lakh rupees. On the information of arson, the fire brigade reached the spot, but till the fire could be controlled, It was too late. In the arson, the crop of more than half a dozen farmers 233 area was burnt to ashes. Former MLA and senior Congress leader Ramesh Saxena met the aggrieved farmers on Tuesday and also inspected the fields affected by arson . During this, while consoling the farmers, he has demanded from the district administration that the survey of the crops affected in the arson should be done as soon as possible and compensation should be given to the affected farmers as soon as possible. Farmers have suffered a huge loss financially. In this arson, the wheat crop standing in 233 acres of area has been destroyed, in which these farmers have lost about 03 There has been a loss of Rs. He said that due to the negligence of the electricity company, incidents of arson are happening in the fields. The maintenance department of transformers and other electrical equipment is not doing it on time. Due to this incidents of fire are happening. Farmers struggle with natural calamities in the same way, but due to the negligence of the electricity department, they are also facing economic losses. Saxena has demanded from the collector that the loss caused to the farmers should be compensated. ,