Time to toil for paddy
Updated On Jun 14, 2016 11:32 PM IST
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Daily wagers sowing paddy in fields of Amritsar on Tuesday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)
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Punjab government has set the target to reduce the area under paddy from last year’s 29.75 lakh hectares to 27.1 lakh hectares (Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)
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Daily wagers sowing paddy in fields even as heat takes a toll, of Amritsar on Tuesday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)
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Daily wagers sowing paddy in fields of Amritsar on Tuesday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)
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Daily wagers sowing paddy in fields of Amritsar on Tuesday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)
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Preparing for sowing paddy near Amritsar on Tuesday. Most of the work is done by migrant workers from Bihar, UP, and Odisha; while mechanised parts of the work are still done by locals. (Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)
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Paddy transplantation on at Sidhuwal Village near Patiala on Tuesday. (Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
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Paddy transplantation on at Sidhuwal Village near Patiala on Tuesday. (Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
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Paddy transplantation on at Sidhuwal Village near Patiala on Tuesday. (Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
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Preparing for paddy transplantation on at Sidhuwal Village near Patiala on Tuesday. (Bharat Bhushan/HT Photo)
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