Farmers lock market panel office in Barwala

Panchkula, September 30

Farmers today locked the office of the market committee and staged a sit-in at the Barwala grain market in protest against the non-procurement of paddy and non-availability of gunny bags.

They claimed that their produce was not being purchased and it had been lying in the open area.

Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Bahadur Singh said they had given an ultimatum to the market committee secretary and tehsildar to start the procurement process by 1 pm, but nobody came forward to hear their grievances.

“The government is sleeping. Commission agents have not been given any ‘bardana’ bags by the government yet,” Singh added.

Gurvinder Singh, a farmer, said, “Commission agents told us they don’t have bardana bags, which is making things difficult for us. Even though the government claimed to start paddy procurement officially from Sunday, the on-ground situation has exposed its false propaganda.” — TNS