KBP president demands financial assistance for farmers

LAHORE: A delegation of farmers from South Punjab led by Jam Hazoor Bakhsh called on Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) president Chaudhry Nisar Ahmad here on Wednesday.

During the meeting the delegation apprised the KBP president about their problems that occurred due to the recent rain and hailstorm.

Chaudhry Nisar Ahmad said that standing crops of gram and wheat on million acres of land in Balochistan, Punjab and other provinces had been destroyed.

Wheat yield would be reduced up to 33 per cent whereas rain/hailstorm also left negative impact on vegetables, he maintained.

He demanded the government to declare rain and flood hit areas as calamity hit areas besides providing financial assistance to the farmers.