Chandigarh, April 14 -- While the wheat harvesting season is in full swing across Punjab, the farming community marked a somber Baisakhi this year, spending the festival guarding their produce in grain markets rather than celebrating. Despite the Punjab government's claims of seamless procurement starting April 1, ground reports from Barnala and Amritsar suggest a significant gap between administrative assurances and reality.
In Barnala's main grain market, Member of Parliament Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Deputy Commissioner Harpreet Singh conducted a high-profile visit on Tuesday to review arrangements. MP Meet Hayer assured that four procurement agencies, Punsup, Markfed, Warehouse, and Pungrain, are operational and that farmers would f...