Commissioner Faisalabad Salut Saeed became active to protect the rights of farmers, sugar mill owners should pay the arrears to the farmers in 10 days.

Faisalabad(94 news) Commissioner Faisalabad Salut Saeed, active for the protection of the rights of sugarcane farmers, he presided over the wheat sowing review meeting including implementation of sugarcane crushing season and ordered the deputy commissioners of the four districts to pay the arrears to the sugarcane farmers within 10 days. The stock should be seized and auctioned and the farmers should be paid. Publicize not to sell sugarcane to sugar mills that do not pay farmers. The commissioner said that the Punjab government has issued the strictest guidelines to ensure the protection of farmers' rights. There is zero tolerance in this regard. He directed that action should also be taken against the management of the mills which have not yet started crushing. The commissioner gave a strong message to the officials of the sugar mills present in the meeting and said that the deputy commissioners should be the voice of the farmers and correct the qibla of the mills. Take the farmers on board for harvesting and provide them with facilities. Continuous inspection of the weighing tanks should be done and complaints of low weight from the farmers will not be tolerated. Also took a briefing on the targets.18 lakhs 34 The wheat crop has been cultivated on 263,000 acres, which is 97% of the target. He said that the availability of urea and ADP fertilizers should not be an obstacle in the supply of farmers at fixed rates. The transaction of Rs. Reach. Farmers training and awareness program, distribution of agriculture, road shows, mega events will be expanded. 47 thousand 831 Kisan cards have been distributed among the farmers to meet the target of this year. Eligible farmers should be fully guided about applying for Kisan Card. The target is sure to be met only when eligible farmers submit their application. In the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Faisalabad Capt.(T)Nadeem Nasir, Director Agriculture Chaudhry Khalid Mehmood, Deputy Director Hafiz Adeel Ahmad, Assistant Commissioner General Dr. Abid Mumtaz, representatives of sugar mills, officers of the Department of Anhar besides Deputy Commissioners of Jhang, Toba Tek Singh and Chiniot participated through video link.