Harvesting allowed in frontier areas of Punjab

The union government has allowed the day time crop harvesting for the farmers in border villages of Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Pathankot and Fazilka districts with immediate effect, a Punjab government spokesman stated here on Sunday.

The union government has allowed the day time crop harvesting for the farmers in border villages of Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Pathankot and Fazilka districts with immediate effect, a Punjab government spokesman stated here on Sunday.

All seems calm for farmers working close to the border fence along Pakistan at Mulankot village in Amritsar sector on Sunday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT Photo)

“The decision to allow farmers to visit their agricultural fields has come as a big relief as their paddy and basmati crops which are ready for harvest and the procurement operations have already been started in the state.

They have also been allowed to go with their tractors and harvesting machines, wherever these are required.

This applies to trans-international border fence fields also, for which instructions have already been issued to BSF,” the spokesman said.