HOW IS THE GOVERNMENT TACKLING DEFIANCE BY FARMERS?

As farmers in some pockets (Muktsar, Rampura Phul, Talwandi Sabo, Sunam and Bathinda) have defied the orders by transplanting paddy before the announced date, the government has ordered uprooting. Farmers also have to pay penalty of Rs 10,000 per hectare. The agriculture directorate has asked the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to snap connections of tubewells owned by the defiant farmers. Farmers have launched protests and are demanding 12-hour power supply for tubewells.