To help the Cotton growers in the State, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday reviewed the progress in special Girdawari of the cotton belt so as to assess the total loss of the white gold due the attack of whitefly.
A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister which was convened to find out the cause of the whitefly attack and to chalk out the strategy to contain the future loss.
A spokesperson of the CMO said that Badal expressed concern over the reports of the devastation caused by whitefly on cotton crop in some areas in the state. Chief Minister was informed that in some parts of the state farmers have ploughed their cotton fields which had suffered 100% crop damage due to the attack of the whitefly.