Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited flood-hit farms in the Basmati-rich R.S Pura border area in Jammu district and assured the affected farmers that the central and state governments would take all necessary steps to restore their livelihoods and bring them out of this disaster. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the Union Minister told the farmers in Badyal Brahmin in R S Pura villages that he came here to tell them that the central government, together with the state government and with the blessings of the prime minister, will pull the farmers out of this disaster. Mr. Chouhan, who inspected fields where sand deposits had flattened standing crops, said teams from the Centre and the state had carried out surveys and would submit reports to determine losses. He further added that after the report comes, the central government will leave no stone unturned in providing relief, because Jammu and Kashmir is the forehead of this country. Thousands of hectares of land in Jammu, particularly in R S Pura area, were badly affected due to floods triggered by heavy rains at the end of August as layers of sand destroyed crops including- vegetables, basmati and maize in the area.