Farmers unhappy with de-weeding work

Wild growth along the Muktsar-Bathinda highway. Tribune photo

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, June 21

Despite huge losses due to whitefly attack on cotton crop last year, the district administration seems to have turned a blind eye towards weeds and wild growth along the roadsides and in agricultural fields.

Though a campaign was launched this season, a visit to the Muktsar-Bathinda road today revealed that the picture is almost the same as was last year. The wild growth was visible on the roadside, which usually become host to whitefly.

Farmers of Bhullar village alleged that though the de-weeding work was done some time ago, it was half-heartedly done.

“All wild growth should be cleaned so that there is no risk of whitefly attack on the cotton crop. We are already under debt. Can’t afford to suffer another loss,” said farmers.

Dr Beant Singh, Chief Agriculture Officer, Muktsar, claimed, “We have cleaned the weeds along the roadsides and the exercise is set to begin soon for the second time. Further, the experts are holding a meeting at Abohar tomorrow to discuss whether this exercise should continue or stopped from the next season.”

Courtesy: The Tribune