Punjab’s Agriculture and Farmers Welfare department on Friday notified various dates for sowing paddy in different districts of the state in view of the current power crisis which has led to blackouts for hours in large swathes of Punjab often.
Paddy farmers require at least 8-hours of power supply daily for running their tube wells for watering their crops.
A schedule for power supply to various districts has been mentioned accordingly.
Friday’s notification (a copy of which is with The Indian Express) drew on the powers conferred to the state by sub-section (1) and (2) of section 3 of The Punjab Preservation of Sub-soil Water Act, 2009 (Punjab Act No. 6 of 2009), to fix dates on which farmers could sow paddy.
