To ensure the practice of physical distancing among peasantry during procurement, pitches are being marked in the grain markets so that farmers are not allowed to gather at a single place .
LUDHIANA: Readying itself for the smooth and hassle-free wheat procurement season, to start from April 10 amidst the shadow of the Covid pandemic, the district administration has initiated the process of marking the pitches in grain markets for maintaining social distance amongst the farmers.
Deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that under the Covid management program, social distancing is one of the golden rules to contain the spread of infectious disease.