Villagers hold rally against erratic power supply

Doraha, July 2

Villagers from 26 villages today participated in a protest against erratic power supply in the state. The villagers alleged that the PSPCL as well as the state government had backtracked from their promises, leaving the farmers in the lurch. The villagers raised their voice against the poor power supply in front of the DC’s office in Ludhiana. Earlier, they burnt the effigy of the government in their respective villages.

Saudagar Singh Ghudani, who led the protesters from Doraha, said it is total failure on the part of the government. “Instead of helping out the farmers in the hour of crisis, the government has started complicating the problems. The farmers are already under stress and the government has added to their woes,” he added.

“The farming community has been ignored by successive governments. The situation was the same during Akalis and is no better now. Each day a farmer dies due to debt. We have been demanding regular supply so that we may sow paddy smoothly but the PSPCL department cares the least. We have to sit on dharna regularly at different villages but to no avail,” he rued. — OC