Farming in today’s Punjab, despite the stellar productivity in cereal crops, is staring at an impending tragedy. A groundwater crisis is likely to make growing paddy almost impossible, a decade from now. Farmers know this. Is there an alternative?
Congress MLA from Abohar, Sandeep Jakhar, has written a letter to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann urging him to consider including locally grown fruits/vegetables such as kinnow, carrots in midday meal menu so that farmers are also benefitted.
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