{"id":78,"date":"2020-05-04T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kisansabha.in\/?p=78"},"modified":"2020-05-09T08:32:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T08:32:21","slug":"covid-19-lockdown-with-migrant-labourers-heading-home-and-mandis-closed-in-ludhiana-vegetable-farmers-face-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kisansabha.in\/index.php\/2020\/05\/04\/covid-19-lockdown-with-migrant-labourers-heading-home-and-mandis-closed-in-ludhiana-vegetable-farmers-face-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Lockdown: With migrant labourers heading home and mandis closed in Ludhiana, vegetable farmers face problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-dark-gray-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>T<\/strong>he farmers of Punjab are facing problems as the migrant laborers have headed home and vegetable markets remain closed amid the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catchnews.com\/national-news\/punjab-cm-announces-rs-10-lakh-ex-gratia-govt-job-for-kin-of-soldier-killed-in-handwara-encounter-190136.html\" target=\"_blank\">coronavirus<\/a>-induced lockdown.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since several state governments have made provisions for stranded migrant labourers to return to their respective states as the lockdown continues, farmers aren&#8217;t left with enough manpower to help them with harvesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the vegetable markets are closed due to the lockdown, vegetables are also rotting, leading to financial loss for the farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Farmers are facing problems as labourers are leaving for their homes in other states. We don&#8217;t have enough manpower to pluck vegetables. Our vegetables are rotting as mandis are closed. Mandis should open,&#8221; said Tara Singh, a farmer from Ladkiyan Khurd village of Ludhiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India continues to be in lockdown as a precautionary measure against the further spread of the virus in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Catchnews<br>Link:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchnews.com\/india-news\/covid-19-lockdown-with-migrant-labourers-heading-home-and-mandis-closed-in-ludhiana-vegetable-farmers-face-problems-190140.html\">http:\/\/www.catchnews.com\/india-news\/covid-19-lockdown-with-migrant-labourers-heading-home-and-mandis-closed-in-ludhiana-vegetable-farmers-face-problems-190140.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The farmers of Punjab are facing problems as the migrant laborers have headed home and vegetable markets remain closed amid the&nbsp;coronavirus-induced lockdown. Since several state governments have made provisions for stranded migrant labourers to return to their respective states as the lockdown continues, farmers aren&#8217;t left with enough manpower to help them with harvesting. 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