SAD demands 100% hike in land compensation for Bharat Mala project

Addressing reporters after leading an Akali delegation to submit a memorandum to the Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Badal said Punjab farmers had been robbed of over Rs 25000 Crore by the state government’s “devious and surreptitious decision” to substantially lower the collector rates for the farmers’ lands affected by the acquisition”.