Expressing deep concern over the crop loss of farmer due to frequently changing weather conditions, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday said that the Central Government must introduce 'crop insurance scheme' for safeguarding the farmers' interests. "The inclement weather conditions have broken the farmers' backbone by damaging their golden harvest," said Badal while interacting with the mediapersons on the side-lines of first day of his thanksgiving tour in Dhuri assembly segment.
He said that in such a dismal scenario, the only ray of hope for the farmers was the crop insurance scheme so that they could be duly compensated for their whopping loss. "The vagaries of weather are proving detrimental for the farmers so the Centre must introduce a crop insurance scheme for bailing them from the agrarian crisis," he added.
Badal, replying to a query regarding Government transport, said that it was unfortunate that several State Government owned corporations including Punjab Roadways and PRTC were running in loss. "The State Government is trying to bring these loss making propositions back on track," he said.Severely condemning the incident of manhandling of an on duty Assistant Public Relation Officer (APRO) in Bathinda a few days back, the Chief Minister termed it as highly unfortunate. He said that the law would take its own course to punish the accused in this case.