Fatehgarh Sahib (PTI): Though as per the Punjab government instructions, the farmers have started planting paddy from today but peasants are finding it hard to cultivate the crop as number of labourers coming from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have dwindled.
Punjabi landlords are reluctant to hire local Dalit labourers as they charge more and it is also felt that their output is less as compared to those from Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.
Now the farmers are even ready to offer wine to labourers.
Farmers from adjoining areas have seen today to make a beeline outside the Sirhind railway station of district Fatehgarh Sahib in order to get hold of migrant labourers arriving here.
Some of the farmers are camping at the railway station for the past couple of days in hope of hiring them in advance so that they can start paddy cultivation on right time as per the government instructions, sources said.
Gurjit Singh of Tarkhan Majra said he had been coming to the railway station from last week but he had not able to hire anyone.
A leader of Farmers Union said that to cultivate one acre four labourers are needed. Many farmers with acres of land have not been able to get even a single labourer this sowing season.
Source: The Hindu
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