Abohar, July 2

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Friday agreed to defer the 15-day stir after Fazilka Deputy Commissioner Arvind Pal Singh Sandhu reached the dharna sites at Gobindgarh terminal and Dutaranwali village.

He gave away cheques on the account of compensation to a dozen farmers for the crop damage due to drain water fury last year. He assured that other farmers would also get compensation as per the last year’s survey conducted by the staff of areas affected by overflowing drains. The DC agreed to send a report to the state government about renovating the drains that had been wreaking havoc for the past few years during monsoon.

On Thursday, hundreds of farmers had staged a sit-in at the sub-divisional administrative complex and gheraoed the officials of the Irrigation Department and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited. Protesters raised slogans against the state government for not giving the compensation for the crop damage due to last year’s incessant rains, mostly in the villages of the Balluana constituency. — OC