Farmers in Sirsa, the largest cotton growing district in the Indian sate of Haryana, have taken to the streets to complain about the government’s lack of action following a whitefly problem that has devastated many of their crops.
In a report from The Times of India, first gathered at Chaudhary Devi Lal Park and then “Farmers later took out a protest march to deputy commissioner’s office and submitted a memorandum demanding special survey for their crop destroyed by whitefly,” the article said.
The farmers were concerned that the government has not performed a special assessment for crop damage and were asking for compensation for their losses.
Read the full Times of India article.