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States » NorthPosted at: Mar 28 2020 6:01PM


Badal requests CM to make changes in wheat procurement to ensure safety of farmers

Chandigarh, Mar 28(UNI) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday requested Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to bring changes in the wheat procurement process so that farmers go to 'Mandis' in batches, besides taking urgent steps to restore the food supply chain in Punjab to save lakhs of poor from the pangs of hunger.
In a statement here, the SAD president said in view of the coronavirus pandemic the government should come up with solutions to ensure the safety of farmers during the upcoming wheat procurement season. He said the government could make arrangements to distribute gunny bags to the farmers and ask them to store the wheat in their premises. He said this wheat could then in procured in batches in such a manner that the ‘mandis’ do not get congested at any given time in the procurement season.
Badal said as of now it was clear that farmers would face acute stress next month when they started harvesting wheat. “There is an extreme shortage of both labour as well as combine harvesters, many of which are also stranded outside the State”.
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