Jaswinder Singh of Longowal village in Punjab’s Sangrur district says the law has been forced upon farmers. In 2009 when it was enacted, 17 farmer organisations in the region gave several representations against the law to Sangrur’s deputy commissioner.
A farmer prepares his field using laser-levelling technique in a village near Punjab's Bathinda district. Before the law was enacted, such fallow lands were a rare sight in Punjab in May-June
Rajen and Rajesh Kashyap have to spend Rs 25,000 every season to dig borewell to water their bottle gourd plantation just opposite the Sisamau Nala. Water of Ganga near the Sisamau nala is so polluted that it is unfit to be used for agriculture.
Rajen and Rajesh Kashyap have to spend Rs 25,000 every season to dig borewell to water their bottle gourd plantation just opposite the Sisamau Nala. Water of Ganga near the Sisamau nala is so polluted that it is unfit to be used for agriculture. If they u