Punjab farmers want Rs 70K per acre, say recovery to take 3 yrs

“The interest on loans taken by the farmers should be waived. Due to the damage caused by this flood, the farmers won't be able to recover for three years. The farmers' tractors, land, houses and livestock have been destroyed," he said.

The government's decision regarding lifting and selling of sand was right, but it took two months for the water and soil to run out from the fields adjacent to the rivers. Relaxing the deadline till another year to level the fields would be beneficial,” he added.

Chauhan rued that no compensation had been announced for the farm labourers. He stressed since sugarcane growers had just one crop in a year, the government should have announced Rs 1 lakh as compensation for these farmers.