Farmers are likely to get relief soon as nine central teams have submitted their final report on crop damage to the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The report attributes the damage to rain in April and the high temperature in the end of February.Sources said 291 wheat samples were collected by the central teams from 22 districts. Most samples showed shrivelled grains and high moisture content, while lustre-loss was reported in some cases.A senior official said relaxation in procurement norms was expected on the lines of concessions announced for Rajasthan farmers last week. Lustre-loss could be allowed up to 50 per cent, while the limit for shrivelled and broken grains could be relaxed up to 15 per cent against the existing limit of 6 per cent, as done in case of Rajasthan.In Haryana, where the specifications were relaxed on Wednesday, lustre-loss has been allowed up to 70 per cent,.Meanwhile, wheat procurement has started gaining pace because of decrease in moisture content due to rising temperature. The total wheat arrivals till date have reached 67.53 lakh metric tonne (LMT) of which 2.51 LMT arrived on Wednesday itself. Till date, only 20,002.90 MT wheat has been lifted across the state.Protests in Fazilka, Fatehgarh SahibFarmers gheraoed the offices of District Food and Supplies Controller at the district administrative complexes in Fazilka and Fatehgarh Sahib, demanding the immediate commencement procurement.In Bathinda, activists of the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur) took out a protest march, raising concerns overmismanagement at mandis.Baldev Singh Sandoha, district president of the union said most grain markets were nearing full capacity, leaving farmers with little space.