Pawar’s demand comes when the Kharif crops on over 26 lakh hectares of farm land across the state have perished. The Centre can also provide assistance to the states if there is a natural disaster. The state should seek the aid from the Centre apart from providing financial assistance from its kitty,” said Pawar. Pawar called upon the state government to take the farmers into confidence while conducting the Panchnamas and the inspection of the damage to the crops. Congress legislators Vijay Wadettiwar and Amit Deshmukh, and the NCP(SP) legislator Rohit Pawar have demanded that the government should immediately declare wet drought and provide aid to the farmers who are in distress.