Bathinda: After the Punjab government showed his inability to hold a meeting with farmers who protested on Saturday, activists of the farmer’s organization BKU EKTA Ugahan again put a siege on the residence of the Minister of Finance Punjab Manpream Badal on Saturday afternoon on Saturday.
Farmers should meet with government representatives on Friday.
A large number of farmers, after opening various barricades placed around Manpreet Badal’s residence, arrived there and started the siege.
Previously, senior officials of the state government delayed the meeting to October 13 which stated that the quantum of compensation that would be given to farmers to lose cotton plants had not succeeded.
Only after an estimated amount of compensation, approval can be obtained from the state government to increase compensation beyond policy decisions, and meetings can be held with farmers, stating the official as an excuse behind the delay of the meeting which if not set for.
Saturday.
The source said the income department felt plant losses due to a pink bollworm attack in Bathinda and Mansa could be around 40,000 hectares.
In accordance with the state policy of the state, there is a provision of RS12,000 compensation per hectare if loss from 76-100% and farmers demand compensation of Rs 60,000 per acre.
“We will surround the Badal Manpreet residence on Friday, but district administrative officials continue to hold meetings and convince us to improve meetings with higher ranking officials in Chandigarh for Saturday, but in the morning we were told about the delay in the meeting as an official.
The chairman of the minister is busy in marriage preparation and his son’s officials cannot make their own decisions so we have to wait, this is not acceptable Singh Mann.
Deputy Commissioner Muktsar Harpreet Singh Soodan said, “The Government of State State has not received a final report on income’s assessment of loss of plants to exactly know the quantum of compensation.
Despite an estimated loss of around 40,000 hectares, the final field survey is still not out.
The problem is related to policy decisions, then time Required to complete various modalities.
We have been told about the meeting to make it possible after October 11.
We try to convince farmers.
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