Bathinda: Cotton growers protest over pest attack

Seek special compensation of Rs 60,000 per acre from govt -

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September 21, 2021 Irked over the growing problem of pink bollworm infestation in the Malwa region, hundreds of farmers, led by BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) leader Jagdev Singh Jogewala, protested outside the office of the District Agriculture Officer here on Monday.

They also brought the destroyed cotton crop with them. Farmers claimed that 80 to 90 per cent of the cotton crop had been destroyed by the pink bollworm, but the Agriculture Department was still in deep slumber.

Jogewala said there was a widespread attack of pink bollworm in Bathinda and Mansa districts. He said it was similar to the 2015 whitefly attack, when most of the cotton crop was destroyed. He alleged that the Agriculture Department was underestimating the damage done by the pink bollworm to hide its failure.

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