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Pak Firing: Standing paddy crop worries farmer community living on Jammu borders 10/5/2016 10:41:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: As there is no respite from cross border firing and it has escalated in the past one week, the farmer community is much worried about the standing paddy crop, which is ready to be harvested in the days to come. The farmers living close to the forward border villages in Jammu belt are not only facing nightmares but concerned about the losses they are apprehending due to border firing if the guns do not fall silent soon. Fresh hostilities ahead of festive season and peak harvesting season do not augur well for the farmers and local businessmen including the farmers, reeling under financial crisis owing to border tension and over three month long shut down in the Kashmir valley. However, fresh exchange of firing across International Border and along the Line of Control is bothering farmers of Jammu region as their crops are standing tall in the agricultural fields and they are facing hardships in carrying out their routine work. "As per estimates approximately over 40,000 hectares of agricultural land across the region is ready for harvesting," an official here told . He said in case the cross border firing continues for some more days, there will be a huge loss of paddy crop, which is almost ready for harvesting. "We are living in fear psychosis due to escalated tension between India and Pakistan and have appealed to the State and the Central Govt as well to shift the civilians to safer locations as we are not only facing threat to our property but also the life," Kishore Chander-a Basmati grower at R S Pura said. Another villager said they were looking forward to earn profits in the coming festive season but there are apprehensions that they may not be able to even harvest the paddy crop and suffer count losses. "If the tension prevails and we will not be able to visit our forward villages near the fence, the government should at least announce some compensation to the farmers community so that they can run their households and meet the daily basic needs," Angrez Chand, a businessman expressed. "This is a season of harvesting but due to prevailing tension on borders, farmers are not able to go ahead for routine work," Choudhary Manmohan Singh, president All Jammu and Kashmir Jat Maha Sabha here said. He said harvesting has started on the areas, which are on top but in plains, it is impossible to carry on with it. "Paddy is a cash crop and farmers especially those have arranged the marriage functions of their loved ones, hopeful of earning profits to hold functions but if the situation continues, instead of earning profits, they have to suffer huge losses," the Jat leader said. He however, sought relief and compensation to the farmer community if the harvesting gets affected due to firing, so that they feel secure. "In such a situation, the farmers have to hire labour from outside on double rates but in many cases, they also do not get agree to go for harvesting," he maintained. Farmers are really worried and want peace to be restored at the earliest, he claimed.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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