Chandigarh, Sept. 25 -- The Punjab government has decided to provide two lakh quintal wheat seeds free of cost to farmers who have lost their crop in around five lakh acres of land during the recent floods.

Divulging the details, chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the food growers of the state have suffered a whopping loss during the recent floods, adding that these two lakh quintal seeds worth Rs.74 crore will be provided free of cost to them.

He said that the hard working and resilient farmers of the state had played a key role in making the country self-sufficient in food production. He said that the state government is fully with the farmers in this hour of crisis and no stone will be left unturned to bail them out.

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