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States » NorthPosted at: Oct 9 2020 10:01PM


Punjab govt appeals to farmers to relax ongoing Rail Roko agitation

Chandigarh, Oct 9 (UNI) The Punjab government has appealed to the farmers to relax their ongoing Rail Roko agitation in the larger interest of the farming community as it has severely impacted the Power, Urea/DAP supply and movement of foodgrains.
According to an official spokesperson, the farmers have been requested to allow the goods trains to pass through to meet critical needs so as to ensure the movement of food grains, supply of coal and Urea/DAP through special rakes in the state.
He said that the prolonged Rail Roko agitation could further aggravate the situation thereby jeopardizing the interests of farmers, adding that the erratic power supply due to non-availability of coal and shortage of Urea/DAP could badly hit the sowing prospects of Wheat during the Rabi season 2020-21 resulting in low yield of the crop.
Pointing out further, the spokesperson said that the disruption of railway traffic as a part of farmers protest could be a bottleneck to meet the requirement of Urea and DAP of the State as the current requirement of Urea stands at 13.5 lakh MTs whereas the availability till date is merely 1.7 lakh MTs. Likewise, against the 6 lakh MTs requirement of DAP, its availability is just 4.6 lakh MTs as of now.
Referring to the adverse impact on the movement of foodgrains due to farmer’s agitation, the spokesperson revealed that 10 lakh MT of foodgrains has got affected. Till date, there are 115 lakh MT wheat stocks of agencies and 25 lakh MT wheat stock of FCI in state. Another 65 lakh MT of Rice is lying in the state with FCI and on an average 1 lakh MT movement a day is getting behind.
As many as 24,480 gunny bales have been stuck at Delhi and Moradabad, which contain 22800 bales of state agencies and 1680 of FCI. Another 7480 bales to be dispatched from Kolkata would also likely to get stuck.
He further said that there is already shortage of bales in the state and non-receipt of these bales would affect the situation in Tarn Taran, Mansa, Ferozepur and Fazilka districts. Prior to the agitation, the state government was loading around 30-35 rakes per day.
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