VEHARI: Farmers performed traditional Bhangra dance on the beat of a drum after ADCR opened a wheat harvest drive here on Tuesday 11th of April, 2023).
Baisakhi festival marks the opening of wheat harvest, an exercise that not only augments the national food basket but also brings wheat sufficient for months to labour involved.
Farmers participated in the activity with their smiling faces glowing with hope.
ADCR said that the procurement of wheat has begun under farmers friendly policy of the government and it would accelerate economic activities in the agriculture-rich Punjab.
He said, 129,000 metric ton wheat would be procured in the district and farmers would be paid at the rate of Rs 3900 per maund.
He said that farmers were busy harvesting wheat from 392,000 acre area in Vehari.
Assistant Director Agriculture Chaudhry Altaf, progressive farmers Malik Azhar, Malik Faisal Awan, Malik Ahmad Awan and a large number of farmers were present.
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