Punjab Government may soon come up with a policy to compensate the farmers for their land being used for installing towers by the State transmission utility.
Announcing this on the floor of the House on the first day of the Budget session, the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday made it clear that the Government would consider compensation only for installation of towers on farmers’ land by the Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL), but not for the land falling under the transmission cables.
“It is not possible to give compensation to farmers for their land falling under the transmission lines since a substantial chunk of 105 acres of agriculture land across the State is under the wires,”
