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Punjab: SAD demands Rs 3,000 per acre compensation for farmers

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Punjab: SAD demands Rs 3,000 per acre compensation for farmers
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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday demanded the Congress government compensate farmers to the tune of Rs 3,000 per acre for the extra cost which will be incurred by them in transplanting paddy. It also demanded that the State government take on the responsibility of all power, water and sewerage bills levied during the lockdown period and pay the same to the utilities from the Disaster Management Fund. publive-imageA resolution to this effect was passed during a meeting of the core committee which was presided over by the party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. The core committee took into account the crisis in the farming sector due to the unavailability of labour due to which farmer transplantation costs have more than doubled. It also said that in case the government did not step in and give compensation of Rs 3,000 per acre to all paddy growers the agrarian crisis in the State would deepen.
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publive-image The core committee also demanded that the Congress government pay the power, water and sewerage bills for the entire three month period of the lockdown from the proceeds of the State Disaster Management Fund. It further said that neither the common man nor the industry was in a position to take this load and the government should pay the three-month dues to the State electricity and water utilities as an onetime measure. publive-image The meeting passed the resolutions demanding the Congress government give a complete account of the Rs 5,600 crore revenue loss incurred by the excise department and fix responsibility for the same. It also demanded that the appropriate cases be registered against the family of the Religious Advisor to the chief minister following the seizure of two trucks of illicit liquor from its sugar mill compound. Also Read | No proposal to re-open schools till corona-pandemic lasts: Punjab The core committee also demanded that Congress leaders Madan Lal Jalalpur and Hardyal Singh Kamboj be prosecuted for running an illegal distillery cum bottling plant through their front men. It also decided to bring all these issues to the notice of Governor VP Singh Badnore on June 11 and also demand an inquiry into the liquor, seed, and ration scams. -PTC News-
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