Sanyukt Kisan Manch (SKM) said the apple season has started early in the low lying and low altitude areas, but neither the government has been able to provide packaging material nor the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) has been announced so far, he alleged.
Hundreds of farmers have gathered broken past the first barricade of the Punjab Police at Mohali and are squatting near the second barricade seeking an audience with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to take up with him the list of their demands.
The BDO was informed that due to lack of support from the state government farmers are being forced to sell maize at a much lower price than the MSP.
