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MLA Sandeep Jakhar today said that farmers were struggling to get DAP fertilizer after suffering through the period of destruction of Narma cotton and Kinnow due to white fly attack and lack of proper management of canal water. This situation is the biggest challenge for the Aam Aadmi Party government of the present times, but no arrangement was made to deal with it.
He said that the AAP government, which claims to be farmer friendly, did not pay any attention to advance arrangements for DAP fertilizers. In district Fazilka, farmers were in need of 26 thousand metric tonnes of DAP manure so that crop production could be correct in Rabi season, but till November 8, the state government has been able to arrange only 16 thousand metric tonnes of DAP manure. Due to a shortage of 10 thousand metric tonnes, there is a fight for DAP fertilizer.(SUBHEAD)
The claims of the government that came to power by giving the slogan of change have once again proved to be hollow.
The legislator said that due to white fly attack and unseasonal rains, a large quantity of soft cotton crop was destroyed. The Kinnow orchards dried up due to non-availability of canal water on time. Not only the farmers and gardeners but thousands of labourers dependent on them are also facing a financial crisis.
The Punjab government had announced to provide relief to the farmers by first completing the process of girdawari for compensation by September 30 and then by October 31, but till now even a penny is not being received in the name of relief. Now if DAP fertilizers are not made available, then even the coming crop will not be able to get the farmers out of this crisis. The Chief Minister himself should intervene in this matter and arrange for DAP.
