Farmers protesting in front of DC office.
In Barnala, Bharatiya Kisan Union Dakaunda surrounded the DC office and staged a protest against the Punjab government. Farmers demanded compensation for the wheat crop that was destroyed due to the attack of pink insect.
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Protesting farmers Jugraj Hardaspur, Kulwant Singh and Sahib Singh Badbar said that the pink insect has attacked the wheat crop of farmers who do not burn paddy straw. Due to which hundreds of acres of crops of farmers were ruined due to pink insect. He said that when the stubble was set on fire, officials immediately reached the farmers’ fields and took action. Farmers were booked and red entries were made in their records and heavy fines were imposed.
He said that the pink bollworm has ruined the crops of those farmers who sowed wheat without burning the stubble. But now no officer is coming to collect information from the farmers. Even after spraying as recommended by the Agriculture Department, the pink bollworm was not eradicated. On a large scale, farmers are forced to operate tractors on their crops.
He said that this has caused massive financial loss to the farmers. He said that the affected farmers should be given compensation of Rs 50,000 per acre of crop, otherwise the farmers’ organization will fight a big struggle.