Farmer suicides: House team visits Mansa villages

Nikhila Pant Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Mansa, August 18

A team of the Vidhan Sabha today reached Mansa district and visited villages in all three sub-divisions of the district. They interacted with farmers, farm labourers and their families. Their aim was to look into the increasing cases of farmer suicide and penury being faced by farmers and farm labourers.

The visit was conducted a day after a team from the Centre visited the district to look into the whitefly attack on the cotton crop.

The Assembly team, comprising Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, Natthu Ram, Nazar Singh Manshahia and Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra, visited Bhamme Kalan and Bhamme Khurd villages in Sardulgarh; Lakhmir Wala and Tahlian villages of Budhlada; and Kishangarh Farmahi, Dalel Singhwala and Khiala Kalan villages and met 12 families of farmers.

Sarkaria said that the team was gathering details of the financial crunch and the reasons behind it. A report would be prepared by the team that would be presented in the Assembly.

He said that the team would visit other villages of the state and would compile its report by November.

AAP MLA Manshahia stressed on the fact that the team members had come together, leaving aside their party affiliations, for the cause of the farmers.

Chandumajra said that the team members advised farmers and their families not to resort to suicide and assured that the state government was working towards helping them.