Farmers' dharna in Sirhind
Tribune News Service
Chamkaur Sahib, April 19
A number of farmers on Monday staged a dharna on the Sirhind canal bridge in protest against the shortage of gunny bags in the local grain markets.
They blocked roads from all sides, including Ropar, Chamkaur Sahib, Ludhiana and Bela. They flayed the government for its failure to make available the required quantity of bags for wheat lifting in the markets of Chamkaur Sahib, Bela, Gaggon, Hafizabad and Bassi Gujran villages.
Commission agents said they were finding it difficult to lift the procured wheat.
Following an assurance by local Sub-Divisional Magistrate HS Atwal that there will be no shortage of bags in any market, the protesters lifted the dharna after two hours.
District Food Supply Controller Sabir Singh said there would be sufficient supply of gunny bags from tomorrow as the government had made more arrangements for it.
