Govt to protect interests of farmers in future too: Punjab CM
CM said farmers had sown the sugarcane crop with hardwork and this will not be allowed to be wasted.
LAHORE (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said the government has protected the interests of farmers in the past and the same would be done in future as well.
He said this while meeting with the delegations of Kissan Ittehad and presiding over a meeting of Punjab Agriculture Commission here.
“I will go to every extent for securing stakes of farmers of Punjab and sale of sugarcane at the rate of Rs 180 per maund will be ensured at every cost and the complaint of lessening of sugarcane weight will not be tolerated,” he said. The sugar mills would be bound to give original receipt to farmers and the mills giving any temporary receipt will be prosecuted”, he added.
The sugar mills would implement the decisions in letter and spirit and in case of any violation by the owners, action will be taken, he said and added action will be taken against the mill owner upon the complaint of decrease in price or weight of the sugarcane.
The farmers had sown the sugarcane crop with hardwork and this will not be allowed to be wasted and no cruelty on injustice will be done with sugarcane farmers, the CM said.
The chief minister, while constituting a committee to implement the decisions made for farmers, said that the committee would review implementation status of the decisions.
The commissioners, deputy commissioners and police officers would be bound to implement the decisions made for the
protection of interests of farmers and action will be taken against concerned administrative and police officers in case of complaint of any violation of the decisions, he said.
He directed that agriculture, industry and health departments’ ministers and secretaries should personally visit to inspect the ground-situation and present their reports.
President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Khokhar lauded the chief minister for taking the best decisions in favour of farmers.
Chairman Sugar Mills Assiciation Punjab Javed Kiani, President Kissan Ittehad (Ch Anwer Group) Rao Tariq Ashfaq, President Kissan Ittehad Pakistan Sarfaraz Khan and progressive farmers were also present.
