They burnt garlic yield, which the farmers, alleged, have been forced to sell at a very low price. The farmers were protesting in favour of their four-point demand and against the anti-farmers’ policy of the state government. The garlic cultivators are forced to end their lives as they are forced to sell the crop for Rs. 2 to 10 per kilogram, Bagla said, demanding the state government should under the market intervention scheme purchase the same crop for Rs. The online purchase system of the government has failed and it should purchase the crop from the farmers on Punjab pattern, Bagla said.

Source: dna April 13, 2018 01:18 UTC