AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Sunday said farmers will be allowed to extract sand that has been deposited in their fields following the worst floods that struck Punjab, asserting that the accumulation of silt in agricultural fields was the biggest concern of growers for sowing the next crop.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to flood-hit Punjab on September 9, Sisodia demanded the release of “pending” Rs 60,000 crore by the central government.
Addressing the media here, Sisodia said the party leaders, ministers, MLAs and even legislators from Delhi and party workers were engaged in providing relief material to the flood-hit people in the state.
AAP’s Punjab in-charge Sisodia said farmers have suffered massive loss because of crops being damaged due to the floods.
“But now their biggest concern is about sowing the next Rabi crop as they are worried that sand which came along the river water has accumulated in their fields,” Sisodia said.
“At present, farmers’ biggest con