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Farmer unions to protest against power corporation on July 12
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 7
With several farmer unions all set to stage protest outside the offices of executive engineers of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited
(PSPCL ) on July 12, the state executive committee of the Kirti Kisan Union today convened a meeting in Jalandhar to review the preparations for the proposed agitation. The meeting was held under the leadership of the All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha president Hardev Singh
Sandhu.
Giving details of the meeting, union leader Satbir Singh said they had appealed to the farmers to actively participate in the protest in all the districts of Punjab in order to awake the government from its deep slumber. He said presently the power being supplied to the farmers was inadequate. “If the same situation continues, the paddy yield will not be good and the farmers, who are already passing through fiscal crisis, will suffer a lot,” he added. Satbir said during the May 7 meeting with the authorities of the Punjab Power Corporation, the latter had assured that farmers would be provided 8-hour uninterrupted power supply during the paddy season, but the authorities had miserably failed to implement the same. “In case, the government fails to take corrective measures immediately, the farmers will not hesitate to come on road against the Power Corporation and the state government,” he added.
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