Hit By Indebtedness and Suicides, Punjab Farmers Worry New Laws Will Make Things Worse
Researchers have found that small and marginal farmers and Dalit landless labourers are worst affected by the region s agrarian distress.
18-year-old daughter of Jugraj Singh who died by suicide. Photo: Pawanjot Kaur
Agriculture29/Dec/2020
Sangrur/Patiala (Punjab): In the villages of Punjab, strike a conversation on farming expenses with anyone, and they will say, â
Karja tan hai hi (Of course, we have taken loans).” Itâs these loans â from both institutional and non-institutional sources â that largely help the rural economy run in the state. But the thin line between one loan and a debt trap is crossed far too often â especially for small and marginal peasants, and Dalit landless agricultural labourers.
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Working with Rigidized Metals, UB students created a 60-foot trellis at Silo City that will shape the branches of willow trees to form a canopied gathering space. (Contributed)
Douglas Levere University at Buf UB adds to Silo City s regenerating landscape PROJECT: Architecture students work on 60-foot trellis.
By David Hill
Special to the Gazette Dec 27, 2020
Dec 27, 2020
Working with Rigidized Metals, UB students created a 60-foot trellis at Silo City that will shape the branches of willow trees to form a canopied gathering space. (Contributed) Douglas Levere University at Buf
BUFFALO â In a barren field in the shadows of towering grain elevators at Silo City, a group of University at Buffalo architecture students have created a beautiful structure that will continue to evolve and take shape. And they did it amid the stops and starts of the COVID-19 pandemic.Â