Wheat sowing in Malwa is set to get delayed this season as the water supply from the Sirhind canal has been suspended by the Irrigation Department to carry out cleaning of the canal till November 17.
Citing delay in providing compensation for cotton crop, which got damaged due to the pink bollworm attack last year, scores of farmers under the banner of the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) gheraoed Mansa district administrative complex on Thursday.