Protest over shortage of ‘bardana’
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Title
Protest over shortage of ‘bardana’
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Angered over the shortage of gunny bags (bardana), farmers under the banner of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) today lodged a protest near the district administrative complex here.Uday Singh, a BKU (Sidhupur) activist, said the state government always made claims that all arrangements were made in the mandis for the crop procurement. “The situation is however totally different. Due to the acute shortage of gunny bags, farmers are facing hardships. The unfriendly weather and rain is damaging the grain. However, nobody seems to be bothered about us,” he said.Meanwhile, farmers handed over a memorandum to the district administration in this regard. On Tuesday, some farmers had gheraoed an inspector of the PUNSUP over the same issue at Mandi Killianwali here.— TNS
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2021-04-22
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Muktsar