PTI
Dhuri (Punjab), May 11
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Thursday appealed to farmer outfits not to hold protests without valid reasons, saying his authorities’s doorways are at all times open for talks.
Addressing a gathering right here after launching the ‘Sarkar Tuhade Dwar’ initiative for doorstep supply of citizen-centric providers, he referred to some farmer our bodies’ ‘rail roko’ protest final month towards the worth reduce imposed by the Centre on shrivelled and damaged grains.
The chief minister stated farmers went forward with the protest regardless of his authorities’s announcement to bear the burden on account of the worth reduce.
Earlier, organisations used to stage a dharna over valid reasons, he stated, including, “But as of late, they first search for a spot (for holding an agitation) wherever it’s and resolve on calls for later.”
Mann highlighted that his authorities paid Rs 15,000 per acre to farmers whose crops bought broken due to the premature rains final month.
He added that after the Centre introduced to impose the worth reduce on shrivelled and damaged grains, his authorities determined to bear the burden to carry reduction to affected farmers.
Mann additionally questioned the rationale behind the ‘rail roko’ protest and identified that passengers from Punjab solely had to bear the brunt due to the disruption in prepare motion.
When doorways of the federal government are at all times open for talks, these protests are illogical and irrational, he added.
The central authorities final month relaxed the restrict of shrivelled and damaged grains up to 18 per cent towards the restrict of six per cent. However, no worth reduce was to be relevant on shrivelled and damaged grains up to six per cent.
However, the worth reduce of Rs 5.31 per quintal on a flat foundation was to be deducted on wheat having lustre loss above 10 per cent up to 80 per cent.
Last yr too, Mann had taken on the farmers’ our bodies over frequent protests blockading roads to get their calls for fulfilled.
Expressing grave issues over farm fireplace incidents, Mann stated it is vitally unlucky that some farmers do not hesitate to burn wheat crop residue simply to present their adamant behaviour.
He stated this “inhuman” observe poses a grave risk not solely to them however to their coming generations and the surroundings as effectively.
On his ‘Sarkar Tuhade Dwar’ programme, Mann stated it is going to additional revolutionise the whole governance system by guaranteeing supply of citizen-centric providers on the doorsteps of individuals.
“This is a path-breaking initiative aimed toward making the forms instantly accountable to the folks, thereby empowering them,” he added.














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