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Vegetable farmers bearing brunt of lockdown in Ludhiana

By ANI | Updated: April 23, 2020 22:50 IST

The nationwide lockdown has strongly affected farmers in Ludhiana as their produce has been destroyed due to lack of fertilizers and pesticides.

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The nationwide lockdown has strongly affected farmers in Ludhiana as their produce has been destroyed due to lack of fertilizers and pesticides.

A farmer named Msh has suffered a loss of at least Rs 50,000 after the lockdown was imposed due to COVID-19 spread.

He said that due to the ban on traveling, he was unable to fertilize the vegetables here, also, he has been lacking pesticides due to which insects have destroyed the produce.

"I am producing vegetables for at least 7 years and this is happening for the first time. I am unable to fertilize my vegetables and now the whole vegetable is destroyed. Also, I am not able to give pesticides to vegetables they all are rotten," Msh told .

"I have suffered a loss of Rs 50,000 this season," he added.

Speaking to , another farmer Surjanand Mehta said, "I have been cultivating here for about 4 years and now due to lockdown, all the vegetables have destroyed, I am not getting fertilizer, pesticides, and nobody is coming to buy these vegetables."

( With inputs from ANI )

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