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Ruchika M. Khanna
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 4
Food Corporation of India has issued directions that it will go in for direct payment to farmers’ bank account for the wheat crop th
Kisan bhravan di sewa vich (in the service of farmer brothers)”.
“On December 7, close arhtiyas and labourers in 50 buses and 80 cars from Moga, Khanna, Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib districts reached Delhi and stayed there for two days. We handed over eatables and other stuff that we carried along at our tent before walking to farmers’ stage at Singhu. The district units of ahrtiyas have been donating money ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 21,000 and sometimes more,” added Kalra. “The arhtiyas going to the Singhu border carry with them bottled water (at least 100 crates each trip), food for self and dry ration for farmers”.
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