Bajwa visits flood-hit areas in Tarn Taran
Saturday, 24/08/2013
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Amritsar : PPCC chief Partap Singh Bajwa today visited the flood-hit areas at Patti sub-division in Tarn Taran district and also met the affected families. Accompanied by PPCC member Harminder Singh Gill, Bajwa reiterated his demand for compensation of Rs 25,000 per acre to the farmers for crop loss and Rs 2 lakh to each family that had been rendered homeless. He said the government should release half the compensation immediately while the remaining could be given later.
He said there should be no politics over the issue and the compensation should be directly transferred to the farmers’ bank accounts. He assured the residents that he would “pressurise” the government to release compensation at the earliest. He warned the state government of protests if there was any delay in disbursing compensation.
Bajwa said he would take up the issue of construction of an advance embankment with the Union Government so that people did not have to suffer in future.
