Excelsior Correspondent
VIJAYPUR, Aug 28: The farmers from several border villagers held protest against the power crisis in all the border villages of Vijaypur, Ramgarh and samba and demanded that PDD must ensure better power supply.
While addressing the farmers former minister and senior Congress leader S Manjit Singh said the struggle of the farmers to get adequate power supply in border villages has not ended even after 27 years of sacrifice of two poor farmers who killed in police firing during a peaceful demonstration in 1991 in the area. He said farmers in border villages of Vijaypur in Samba district have been facing continuous unscheduled power cuts leading to collapse of their agriculture activities.
A large number of farmers assembled at Vijaypur today to pay homage to S Puran Singh and Romesh Lal who were killed in sudden firing of police force when they were holding demonstration in support of their demands. “It seems there is no end to the suffering of farmers and poor people especially in BJP’s Government in Centre”, Manjit Singh said.
Singh expressed his concern with regard to the condition of farmers who still get less cost of their agricultural produce from the Government.
“These farmers not only bravely face bullets from Pakistan when cross border firing takes place but also stand with the Government at the time of crises. But when they need any help from the Government, they only see hollow slogans and nothing concert on ground,” said Manjit Singh.
“Is it possible for any farmer to increase his agriculture produce in the absence of required electricity? Can they run their water pumps? It cannot happen. Government must stand with them. If farmers suffer entire society will face the shortage of food grains and agriculture produce,” he warns while questioning attention of the Government.
The former minister further alleged that the canal water also not goes to the tale end in border villages leading to the suffering of the farmers and other people.
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