Irrigation hit sans 8-hour power: BKU
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Irrigation hit sans 8-hour power: BKU
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Farmers in majority of the villages here are quite perturbed over “frequent and prolonged” power cuts in Mansa district. Farmers said poor power supply to tube wells in fields had been affecting the irrigation of cotton and paddy crops these days.Farm leaders from the BKU Dakaunda said power cuts had been affecting the irrigation of crops at the ripening stage and demanded that the PSPCL must ensure uninterrupted eight-hour power supply, else the union would start an indefinite stir.Balwinder Sharma, president of the BKU Dakaunda, said, “Both cotton and paddy crops are at final stages of ripening and require proper irrigation. As per government direactions, the PSPCL is required to provide eight hours of uninterrupted power supply but majority of the villages in the district have been facing prolonged power cuts on a daily basis. Instead of eight hours, many villages have been getting power supply to tube wells for only four to five hours.”In Sangrur, farmers under the banner of the BKU Ugrahan protested against power cuts in Lehra and demanded uninterrupted supply. They announced intensifying their agitation in the coming days if the government failed to ensure adequate power supply. — TNS
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2021-10-10
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Mansa