Ugrahan protests cap on cotton crop damage
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Title
Ugrahan protests cap on cotton crop damage
Description
Bathinda: Even though Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi has called the leadership of BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) for a meeting on January 3, the farm outfit laid siege to the offices of deputy commissioners in 12 districts and SDM offices in three districts on Friday in protest against the condition of putting ceiling of 5 acres for compensation for damage to cotton crop due to pink bollworm attack. The farm outfit said the siege to offices will continue for an indefinite period. Earlier too, the farm outfit had laid siege to the administrative offices on December 29 and it was lifted after Bathinda range inspector general of police had assured to arrange a meeting with the CM at Rampura Phool on Thursday. tnn
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2022-01-01
Coverage
Chandigarh