Summary:
Tribune News ServiceBathinda, July 20Demanding compensation for crop damage caused due to incessant rain, a farmers’ union took out a protest march in different villages of Goniana block on Saturday. Members of the BKU Ekta Ugrahan (Bathinda block) sitting atop vehicles raised slogans and exhorted other farmers of different villages to seek compensation for crop loss. The protesting farmers visited more than 24 villages and made announcements from the loudspeaker mounted atop the vehicles. Amrik Singh Sivian, a union leader, said, “Farmers fear huge damage to their crops. We are reaching out to them and exhorting them to seek adequate compensation for the crop loss..