Hailstorm damages wheat in Garhshankar

Our Correspondent

Garhshankar, April 19

Hailstorm damaged wheat crop on 50 acres at Nainwan village in the Garhshankar subdivision on Saturday.

Farmers including Jagdeep Singh Rana, Goldie, Bharat Singh, Anil Kumar, Bhushan, Kesar Singh, Shiv Rana, Dimple Rana and Sudhir Singh were among the most affected. Jagdeep Singh Rana said he suffered a loss of Rs2.5 lakh as he had taken some land on contract.

The crop was ready to harvest but hailstorm ruined it. Rana Shiv Pal Singh said the government should compensate farmers by doing special girdawari of the damaged crop.

Wheat crop gutted

Tanda Urmar: Wheat crop on one-acre land turned into ashes at Hejma village under Tanda in Hoshiarpur district. The fire started due to short-circuit in the wires passing over the field. The PSPCL staff reached and inspected the loss and assured the farmer all help. AAP leader Jasbir Singh also provided financial help to the farmer. He said loose and low-lying electricity wires were destroying fields and these should be repaired immediately. — OC