HUNDREDS OF farmers blocked the National Highway at Phagwara’s Sugar Mill Chowk for four hours over the issue of highly inadequate supply of the power for agricultural tubewells. Farmers alleged that against the requirement of 8-hour uninterrupted power supply, they have been getting just 4-5 hours of supply since paddy sowing started.
A separate group of farmers also gheraoed the Daulatpur power office near Phagwara.
In Kotkapura, farmer union workers locked gates of PSPCL’s office after which both sides exchanged heated arguments. PSPCL employees too staged a dharna against this treatment by protesting farmers. The dharna continued till late evening.
