The farmer’s tractor burns in the fire.
In Fatehpur Pindi in village Dhaula in Barnala, Punjab, a farmer was burnt to ashes in a tractor battery. The farmers reached the field with a tractor. After the fire, the farmer escaped and saved his life. Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan Sangathan Sarkar
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According to the information, the affected farmer Gurmel Singh cultivates one acre of land. Gurmel Singh arrived with a tractor in the field after harvesting wheat. Suddenly the spark came out of the tractor battery. This caused a fire in the wheat field. The fire spread so fast that the farmers could not save the tractor. He escaped and managed to save his life.
Wheat sacks with tractor also burnt
Wheat sacks were also burnt with a tractor in the fire. The farmer has suffered a loss of about 2 lakh rupees due to this accident. Gurmel Singh is already paying a loan of Rs 5 lakh from the Society, Limited Company and Aadhati.
Nearby farmers and farmer organizations tried to extinguish the fire. But by then the tractor was completely burnt.
After the fire, the farmer’s tractor was completely burnt.
Demand for compensation from Punjab government
The Panchayat of the village, including Baljinder Singh, the unit president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan Sangathan, has demanded compensation for the farmers affected by the Punjab government, while the social service organizations and NRI brothers living abroad have also demanded that the farmer should be helped.
Farmers raise family from farming
The farmer narrowly survived in this incident. The aggrieved farmer used to cultivate a total of two and a half acres of land, in which one acre was leased from himself and one and a half acres of land from Gurmel Singh. Due to which he used to take care of his wife, three children and elderly parents. But this incident made him financially weakened.